A German national is on trial in Denpasar, accused of allegedly keeping a meth lab in his Bali residence.
Benjamin Bailey, 38, was arrested back in August 2016 when a drug raid uncovered his apparent at-home ‘chemistry set’.
A witness with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) testified against Bailey in Denpasar District Court on Thursday.
BNN agent Ketut Puja reportedly described to judges, finding two packages of 0.71 grams of meth in Bailey’s room.
“When we searched the defendant’s room on the second floor, we found methamphetamine on the side table belonging to the perp and found tools to make illicit goods,” Antara Bali quoted Puja as saying during his testimony.
“In the defendant’s room, BNN officers also found chemicals for methamphetamine,” he said.
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The defendant admitted to being a meth user and said his motive for making the drug was that it would cheaper to do so, than buying the drug off the street, according to Puja.
Bailey also had an opportunity to speak in court and expressed distress that BNN raided his room without his consent.
“The BNN officers that raided my room did not ask whether the tools found in the room were used to make illicit goods,” Antara Bali quoted the defendant as saying.
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Bailey’s arrest apparently extends from another arrest by BNN, of a woman who claims to have received meth from Bailey.
