Australian facing 20 years in Bali jail for allegedly selling cocaine

A 43-year-old Australian man arrested in Bali after police allegedly found bags of cocaine in his rented room could face up to 20 years in jail.

The 43-year-old Australian man was arrested by Bali police for selling drugs. Source: SBS News

An Australian man faces up to 20 years in prison in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly selling cocaine on the resort island of Bali.

The chief of Denpasar district police, Hadi Purnomo, said on Thursday the 43-year-old man, whom he identified only as Brandon, was arrested at a rented room on August 4 in the tourist hotspot of Kuta.

He said police found 11.6 grams of cocaine packed into 13 plastic bags.

Purnomo told reporters that the man, identified by Indonesian news site Kumparan as Brandon Johnson, had been living in Bali for four years and was a designer or architect.

He faces between five and 20 years in prison if convicted.