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   From: chester@yahoo.com   
      
   A 19-year-old Brazilian traveler is facing the possibility of a death   
   sentence in Bali after more than 6.5 lbs of cocaine was found in her   
   luggage.   
      
   Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias was visiting the island to see Buddhist   
   temples in a bid to take a spiritual approach to her mother's illness   
   after she recently suffered a stroke.   
      
   Farias' legal representation claims that she was tricked into carrying the   
   drugs by a gang who promised to pay for her surf lessons and suggested   
   that she could pray for her mother's recovery at the temples.   
      
   Despite these claims, the prosecution in the case has demanded that the   
   19-year-old receive the maximum sentence, and if found guilty, Farias is   
   likely to face the firing squad.   
      
   The young woman was apprehended when she disembarked from a flight from   
   Qatar at the island nation's international airport on January 27 after   
   leaving Brazil.   
      
   Her case follows another comparable but more fortunate tale of an   
   Australian traveler, 52-year-old Jeffrey Welton.   
      
   Welton, who was discovered with relatively small amounts of   
   methamphetamine and heroin in a condom at Bali's International Airport   
   after flying in from Vietnam, was detained in September.   
      
   He could have faced the same fate at the hands of the Indonesian   
   authorities but his lawyers were instead able to convince the judge that   
   the man, being an addict, was not smuggling for redistribution but rather   
   for personal consumption.   
      
   Welton was consequently given a sentence of eight months in Bali's Anargya   
   Sober House.   
      
   "Bali is notorious for its strict drug laws. Smart Traveller, an   
   Australian website, cautions its citizens - among whom Bali is a popular   
   destination - that even the smallest amounts of banned substances can   
   result in severe punishments.   
      
   The website also advises travelers to contact the Indonesian embassy   
   regarding any prescription medication they wish to carry into the country.   
      
   Furthermore, all marijuana and products made from its extracts are illegal   
   in the Asian state, according to the Daily Mail."   
      
      
      
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