Remember the Australian guy who could get 12 years jail in Bali if found guilty of getting caught with a used joint and small bag of marijuana?
Well, he and his Canggu villa driver both made it to court on drug charges for the incident that went down earlier this year in January.
Both Aussie Nicholas James Langan, 24, and Indonesian Hanung Hermantoro are facing drug possession charges, with a maximum penalty of 12 years jail and legislation for drug users, with a four-year maximum penalty, reports News Corp Australia.
The pair made their first appearance in Denpasar district court and their case was adjourned until next Thursday, reports say.
Langan had been on a surfing vacation in Bali and then allegedly smoked some weed with Hermantoro, who is accused of supplying the drugs.
While the investigation was moving and he was awaiting trial, Langan has reportedly been detained in the North Kuta police station jail and also at Kerobokan.
During the hearing, prosecutors outlined the chain of events that they allege led up to the moment around 9 pm on January 26 when the two men were caught.
After dinner that night, the driver and Langan had dinner and allegedly offered the Aussie some marijuana.
“Then they agreed to use that marijuana in the beachfront of Batu Bolong beach,” prosecutor Denny Iswanto said, as quoted by News Corp.
“Then Hanung took out that marijuana and made a hand-rolled marijuana joint. Then they smoked it together. Suddenly two security men arrived at the scene and caught them smoking. Hanung was surprised and threw the joint onto the sand,” he said.
In total, the drugs reportedly amounted to one packet of marijuana in a brown paper bag at 0.862 grams and a used marijuana joint at 0.106 grams.
Photo: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP
