Australian Schapelle Corby gets 20 years for Bali cannabis import
Denpasar District Court sentenced Australian Schapelle Corby to 20 years in prison on 27 May 2005 for importing 4.2 kilograms of cannabis into Bali in her bodyboard bag. She maintained the drugs had been planted by airport baggage handlers.
Three judges of the Denpasar District Court found Australian Schapelle Corby guilty of importing
marijuana into Bali and sentenced her to 20 years in prison on 27 May 2005, under tight security
as family and supporters protested that she was innocent.[1]Prosecutors had called for a life
sentence after a lengthy trial that drew heavy media attention in Australia.[1]
Corby, then 27, had been arrested at Denpasar Airport in October 2004 after arriving from
Australia on Qantas flight AO 7829 via Sydney; customs officers found 4.2 kilograms of marijuana
in her bodyboard bag.[1][2]Her defense argued that Australian airport baggage handlers had
placed the drugs in the bag as part of a domestic smuggling run that was never unloaded before
her luggage was transferred onto the Bali flight.[1]
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