Bali Police's Deputy Director of Narcotic Unit Ponco Indriyo updates the media on detainee Australian Troy Smith during a press conference at the Denpasar police headquarter on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Monday, May 13, 2024. Troy Smith was reportedly arrested last week for drug possession after police raided his hotel room in Bali. - AFP
Indonesian police said the 49-year-old suspect -- named by his initials TAS and identified by Australian media as Troy Smith -- was arrested on April 30 at his hotel on the popular tourist island. Smith was charged with a"drug transaction", which means offering to sell or become a broker of narcotics, Ponco Indriyo, Bali police deputy director of drugs investigation told a news conference.Tracy Ijusa wife of Australian Troy Smith, heads to meet her husband after a press conference at the Denpasar police headquarter on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on May 13, 2024. Troy Smith was reportedly arrested last week for drug possession after police raided his hotel room in Bali.
A Bali police press statement said the package contained"one Colgate toothpaste tube containing 3.15 grams of alleged crystal meth".