Australian may face Bali jail for smoking pot

Bali prosecutors want an Australian man allegedly caught smoking a joint on the beach to serve up to 12 years in jail.

Australian man Nicholas James Langan, at the district prosecutor's office in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, April 2, 2015.  (AAP Image/Putra Sinulingga)

Australian man Nicholas James Langan, at the district prosecutor's office in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, April 2, 2015. (AAP Image/Putra Sinulingga)

Bali prosecutors want an Australian man allegedly caught smoking a joint on the beach to serve up to 12 years in jail.

24-year-old Nicholas James Langan was arrested on January 27 at a beach in Canggu, north of Kuta, for smoking a marijuana joint.

Police seized the 0.1 gram joint and a small bag of marijuana weighing 0.86 grams.

Prosecutors have finalised the charges today, pushing for Langan to face a maximum 12 years jail for drug possession.


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