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March 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Facing the evidence: Edward Myatt sits in front of the 72 capsules of hashish he allegedly tried to smuggle into Bali. Picture: AFP
Source: AFP
AN AUSTRALIAN allegedly caught trying to smuggle hashish into Bali is believed to be a long-term drug mule.
Edward Myatt, from Ballarat in Victoria, is likely to be charged with drug trafficking, which could see him face the death penalty.
The 54-year-old was detained on Monday afternoon after arriving at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport on a flight from Delhi, which had transited in Bangkok.
Mr Myatt, handcuffed and dressed in an orange prison shirt, made no comment yesterday as he was paraded before the media at a Customs office in Denpasar.
The contents of 72 capsules, which Mr Myatt had swallowed, were also presented by authorities yesterday.
It is alleged just over 1kg of hashish was recovered from 71 capsules, while another capsule contained about seven grams of methamphetamine, commonly known in Australia as ice.
The head of Customs at Ngurah Rai Airport, Made Wijaya, said yesterday that authorities also now believed Mr Myatt was heavily involved in a drug-smuggling ring.
He said he had made similar trips in the past, having been to Bali six times in recent years.
“He’s a courier. But he is shielding his network information in Indonesia,” Mr Wijaya said.
He said Mr Myatt had aroused suspicion almost immediately upon his arrival in the airport terminal.
“He was not in a hurry, but always observing the (Customs) officers. He wasn’t aware that our officers were also observing him closely. His action was very suspicious.”
Customs had initially suspected that he was carrying methamphetamine, but said initial tests had revealed the majority of the capsules contained hashish.
Mr Wijaya also revealed that Mr Myatt had attempted to escape custody on Monday night while being transported to a hospital in Denpasar where he was to be X-rayed after he was initially suspected of carrying drugs.
“On the way to the hospital … the suspect tried to run away. We chased him. Because he didn’t know the area, he jumped into a pool. Our officer also jumped to the pool.”
Mr Myatt is likely to be held at Kerobokan jail after he is charged.
The jail already houses 12 Australians – the Bali Nine, as well as the Gold Coast’s Schapelle Corby, and Sydney’s Michael Sacatides, who was jailed for 18 years in 2011 after he was caught with 1.7kg of methamphetamine secreted in his luggage.
Sacatides had also arrived on a flight from Bangkok.
Another Australian man, Graeme Michael Pollock from Darwin, was given a six-month sentence on Wednesday after he was busted at his hotel in Kuta Beach last September with a small amount of methamphetamine.
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