First a disclaimer. I like herb and have travelled Asia enjoying and looking for it. But I am not stupid. I would never carry it across a border, or attempt anything in an uncool place like Indonesia, Singapore, or Malaysia are. Save Singapore they are also Muslim nations. Bali may be Hindu but Indonesia isnt.

There are so many fun things to do in Bali the thought would never cross my mind to try and score anything there. But sure when it was there in Petti Tenget, or up is Candi Dasa I was right in there. So lets head onto into Part one, The Bali Intercon and Denpassar Police Station.

As she came out she was shaking her head and mouthing "fuck", one guy was on each arm, two in front and one behind. Up they walked, in barely understandable English I was asked "are you AO? Since they had my passport in my hand and there was poor Deborah the answer was "Yes, what is the problem, thinking what the hell had Deborah done. Boom they were on me, and down to the ground I went face first. The cuffs were slammed on and they marched us back into the Amex office.

The Amex staff cleared out as we came in. I was sat down and out came an opened package labled books. " Who sent you this package from Singapore, I did not have a clue what they were talking about. " All literature to Indonesia is subject to search and censorship the commander said" Fine I am against pornography too. Then he pulled out a book and it was in Chinese!! Fuck me what is this I was thinking, opened it and it was hollowed out and inside was a clear plastic bag. "Its ganja" he hissed at me. Fuck me, what the hell was going on and more than that what in gods name was gonna happen. It was 5 grams of marijuana. Do you know "Abdul Rahim"? What the hell, No I sure as hell dont, " Why did he send ganga to you in Bali"? " This is your name ah AO" "Yup thats my name but I sure as hell dont know any Abdul in Singapore." " I havent even been to Singapore!?

It was then he pulled out the short note to me signed Laurie Bauer. The smack freak had tried to be a nice guy, but sent me a package of ganga in labeled literature or books, and so now I am in deep fucking shit, and my girlfriend who doesnt even smoke the shit anymore is going down as well.

Into a car we went and arrived at the Denpassar police station. We were both thrown in cells but to this day I dont know what Deborah was like. Mine was not really a cell but a holding cell, only a cement floor and no bathroom only a spitoon. Its now 5pm and to say my heart was racing would be so damn true, I was almost hyperventilating, I had 5000 usd in travellers checks that the first guys had declined. Now I was in a police station with a zillion cops.

No food or water the first night, as if they forgot about me, never slept I must have walked a million miles. But the one thing that I could not get out of my head was the "clang" of the door when they shut it. The next morning was the first questioning. Where did Larie live, damn I didnt know the last I heard he was two on two off on a oil rig off Songkla. So that didnt make them happy. How do you know him? I met him in Thailand over 5 years ago, I only knew him from Samui. " Where are you staying?" I replied " the Janji Inn Jalang Legion". Then my jaw dropped " We will go there this afternoon to search you room". I had nothing but what would the guests and owners think, it would scare the shit out of all them for nothing. Plus the gentle Balinese couple that owned it might die of a heart attack.

Off we went in a car and a truck which to my great dismay had dogs, German Shepards in it. Parked on Jalang Legion and walked up the path to the losman, passing astonished travellers on the way out. Dogs barking men running ahead, fuck it was a real show. Ynoman and Ketut the wife and husband came running, "AO what happening", I quickly explained it involved ganja and for her and Ketut to help the cops. Anybody in the losman took off when the cops ordered them out. The dogs were let loose and they enjoyed the walk. Went to our room and they began to search it, nothing for half an hour as I knew, then a lot of yelling and shouting and out they come running with a paper bag. Ketut told me they had found what they were looking for in Deborahs bag. "What did you find" I asked, he laughed and said big problem now, you will find out in court. Out we went and back to the Denpassar jail, holding each other and just not believing what was going on. Deborah had nothing absolutely nothing in her baggage.