Australian man Graham Welton Jeffrey Huynh arrested in Bali on drug charges

An Australian man has been arrested and remains behind bars in Bail on drug charges which carry the death penalty.

Australian man Graham Welton Jeffrey Huynh, 52, who has been arrested and remains behind bars, facing drug possession and importation charges in Bali. Picture: Supplied to News Corp Australia

An Australian man has been arrested and locked up in Bail on drug charges which carry the death penalty, after he was detained at Bali’s international airport allegedly with heroin.

Graham Welton Jeffrey Huynh, 52, was arrested on September 6 and remains behind bars, facing drug possession and importation charges.

It is understood he was arrested at Denpasar International Airport after arriving on a flight from Vietnam to Bali.

He is alleged to have had 8.09 grams of heroin secreted in his anus.

Mr Huynh was born in Hong Kong and is a dual Australian and British passport holder, who is understood to have resided in Perth.

Mr Huynh is being held under Article 112, subsection two of the narcotics law, whereby possession of more than five grams of narcotics carries a maximum life sentence.

He is also being held under Article 113, subsection two, which states that importing more than five grams of a narcotic carries the maximum death penalty.

Indonesian police are yet to hold a press conference about the arrest, despite the fact the arrest occurred on September 6, saying they will do one within the next week.

Bali Narcotic Agency head, Gede Sugianya Dwi Putra, confirmed the arrest on Saturday to News Corp Australia.

“We will conduct a press conference on Thursday,” he said.

Lawyer Edward Pangkahila, who is representing the Australian, said he was a drug user with a severe addiction to heroin for more than 15 years.

“Yes, it’s true that the Australian has been arrested by the Narcotic Agency at the airport,” he said.

“As the lawyer, we are working on it and hopefully he can get rehabilitation.

“He is a drug user who has been severely addicted to heroin. He really needs rehabilitation. “We have requested the narcotic agency to conduct an assessment for his drug addiction.”

Under Indonesian law, those arrested with drugs who can prove they are addicts can be treated more leniently than drug dealers, and sentenced to rehabilitation rather than jail.

Mr Pangkahila has already signalled the defence will work to prove that the Australian is drug user not a dealer and is deserving of the more lenient legislation.

Originally published as Australian man Graham Welton Jeffrey Huynh arrested in Bali on drug charges