Why take Marijuana to Bali??

[Buddy]

Perhaps the most compelling reason so many Australians believe Schapelle Corby is innocent is the "selling sand to the arabs" argument: why would anyone smuggle marijuana to Bali when everyone knows it's so easy to get there?

 

While drugs might seem freely available on the streets, the foreigners who live in Bali, including those serving time in Kerobokan jail, say that buying them is a very risky business because you never know if the seller is an undercover police officer or a police informer.

 

For that reason, westerners in Bali are prepared to pay premium prices for marijuana if they can get it from other Westerners, as that's the best way to ensure they are not going to be trapped and arrested.

According to sources in Bali including one former and one current drug dealer, high-quality Australian marijuana, similar in appearance to that found in Schapelle Corby's luggage, has been sold on a limited basis in Bali for years, but only to Westerners.

 

One European man, now serving a jail term for possessing hashish, said he knows of several Australians who have been bringing strong hydroponic marijuana into Bali.

He said it brings "really good money", getting a price around 50 per cent higher than the Nepalese hashish that is more widely available for around $A16 a gram on the streets.

 

He said the marijuana was stronger than hashish, which is produced from the same plant and has the same active constituents. "You just can't move, it's like (being) brain dead," he said of its effect.

An Australian who says he's lived in Bali for 15 years say his children were frequently offered marijuana called "Aussie gold".

 

The "hydroponic bud" smuggled from Australia sells for $A600 an ounce (about $A21 a gram) or as much as $A20,000 a kilogram. :reallyexcited:

 

Top quality marijuana in Australia sells for around $8000 a kilogram, although more when broken into "deals".

A Balinese drug dealer who has spent time in jail said he had smoked the Australian "skunk" many times with friends from Italy, Germany and Australia but had never bought or sold any.

 

He recognised the marijuana as Australian as it was made up of large flowers or buds, while the marijuana he sells from Aceh in north Sumatra or from Malang in East Java has much smaller buds and a lot of leaf mixed in.

 

Despite requests from Corby's lawyers, Indonesian police did not test the marijuana in her bag to find out where it was grown or its strength, and it is not certain it was grown hydroponically, a cultivation method that increases its potency. But when the bag of marijuana was displayed in the court, it was clear it was made up of buds the size of bananas, which emitted a powerful smell whenever the plastic bag was opened.

 

While marijuana in the 1970s had THC (active ingredient) levels of around 1 to 2 per cent, today's hydroponic marijuana often has THC levels of 15 per cent, higher than a lot of hashish.

The Balinese drug dealer, who would not be named, said that while there was a lot of marijuana for sale, "it's hard for foreigners to get access to it" because they were fearful of getting caught. "It's safer for foreigners to bring their own. It's been happening for quite some time and it's not only marijuana."

 

While he was aware of the importation of marijuana from Australia, he said it was more common for foreigners to bring in hashish or other drugs.

While a number of foreigners have been arrested for trafficking or possessing hashish, Bali police say the marijuana found in Corby's luggage was the first incidence in which they have found the drug being brought into Bali from another country. :smoke

[Nath]

So hydro in Sydney sells for $20 a gram bag too.... thats the average street prices there. Over in Perth its generally $25 for 1.7grams.. street prices are way different because most amounts are sold in grams bags to foreigners just wanting a smoke, or regular poor asses. Especially in Bali where people are only going there for a few days and wanting a smoke (the westerners)

[dsyfer]

Just a couple of photos to refresh everyone's memory

 

 

That is a big brick :reallyexcited:

http://www.rose.id.au/graphics/schapellecorby/corby_2.jpg

 

Now not saying she did it but if she did, how cool must ya nerves be

walking up to customs and checking an unlocked bag with this in it :thumbsup

http://www.rose.id.au/graphics/schapellecorby/corby_1.jpg

[Nath]

Was 4KILOS or something? Like 10lbs... crazy.

[Frazz]

Buddy who are your sources, drug dealers, crooked indonesian pigs ?....maybe what you have posted is nothing more than gossip

e.g. " it was grown hydroponically, a cultivation method that increases its potency"

How do you work that out?....or am i wrong in believing that potency is genetically fixed

 

:smoke

[everest]

The Balinese drug dealer, who would not be named, said that while there was a lot of marijuana for sale, "it's hard for foreigners to get access to it" because they were fearful of getting caught. "It's safer for foreigners to bring their own. It's been happening for quite some time and it's not only marijuana."

 

 

more like the indo's don't want to deal in mj because they know how stiff the penalties are :smoke .... well that was the case when i was in bali , i had to go to lombok .... nxt island along to score shit bush weed :thumbdown

 

them indo's are just how they look..... scared

 

nice pics bro .... that bud looks good bit light in colour big bud maybe

Edited January 30, 2006 by everest

[WantDaChronic]

i think that she is totally innocent, but if she is guilty, she should have hollowed out the board and stuffed the buds in that

[F420]

is it just me or does that pot look shit? i mean it looks like sits full of stalk and leaf?

Definately not good enough for selling.

[WantDaChronic]

is it just me or does that pot look shit? i mean it looks like sits full of stalk and leaf?

Definately not good enough for selling.

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compared to the shit going around indonesia, that stuff would be like crack

[tomA]

i recently went to bali and bought some weed over their. It wasnt the best weed but we got a shit load of it.