French man may face 4 years in prison

DENPASAR: 49-year-old Garcia Jean Marc Patrice from France may face up to four years in prison after he was found in possession of 2.4 grams of hashish.

Prosecutor Dewa Ayu Messi said Garcia should be charged with three articles in under the 2009 Law on Narcotics.

“The defendant had illegally kept 2.4 grams of hashish,” the prosecutor told judges at Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

Police had arrested Garcia at his home on Jl. Gunung Lumut in Denpasar on Aug. 30, and had the small amount of hashish wrapped in aluminum foil.

The police also confiscated a pipe used to smoke hashish. During laboratory tests including a blood test, examiners confirmed that Garcia had taken illegal substances.—JP