Australian hotel owner arrested with marijuana in Lombok
The latest chapter in the mini-series ‘Aussies in a Paradise Jail’, stars 43 year old Barbara Kathleen Higgs, from Pinjarra, Western Australia. She was arrested on Sunday at her Senggigi beach hotel Bulan Baru, in Lombok, with 50g of ‘wacky-backy’ and some seeds. Probably dobbed in by the person who sold it to her.
Her crime of possession carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in the ‘grey bar motel’ and a A$73,000 fine. People have this idea that the Gili Islands and Lombok are super mellow (which they are) and that means drug use is okay. You can understand how this lady probably got lulled into thinking it was no big deal, just sit out on the back porch and smoke a doobie, no one’s watching, life is good.
Visitors to Bali will not see her in Kerobokan jail or the Denpasar District Court. She is staying in the women’s prison in Mataram, close to the airport. Doing 10 years in Kerobokan would be bad enough, you could get local friends to bring you an assortment of food from good restaurants. Mataram is a different story. Her best bet is to sell her hotel and find a ‘Solution’ ASAP.
Looking back on the whole Aussies-drugs-prison saga, it couldn’t of been written any better in a Hollywood screenplay. All aspects were covered and everything taken care of. First up was delicate Schapelle Corby (emotion), then we had the Bali Nine starring Andrew Chan (evil ) Myuran Sukumaran (danger), Renae (?), Czugaj and Rush (innocents abroad) and the rest of the crew (skid row ). The assembled cast was briefly joined by lovely Michelle Leslie (glamor) and to this group comes Barbara Higgs (everyman).
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According to the 2004 World Drug Report the price of marijuana in Indonesia is about US$1/gram retail, or US$100/kg wholesale. The prices in Australia are US$19/gram retail, and US$3050/kg wholesale.
On these figures Corby risked life and limb to carry 4.1kg to Indonesia, thereby reducing the retail value of the contents of her bodyboard bag from US$77,900 to US$4100. Someone suggested maybe expats prefer the psychotic hit of imported hydro (who knows). We’ll script it in anyway.
They didn’t seem the smartest family as portrayed. Her brother and step-dad provide the requisite Auscrim connection. Then I heard she does not even smoke the stuff..The p(l)ot thickens; was bro involved??
Yeah would make a great movie or even comedy show series for prime viewing with all the bit parts and flakey caricatures. From the Kerobokan Hilton to a Full Moon nite in Lombok. Cut to Mercedes twisting and grooving to some tropical beats at Zanzibar; then the love match in the Grey Bar Homestay Hotel; the pounding adrenalin laced heart of the trafficer at Ngurah rai..
And dont forget that young teacher dude who had the whole chemist in his pocket…you gotta love ‘em!