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RadarBali<\/em> reports that a US national from Ohio, Tyeisha Kieonne Parks, was arrested at Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport International Terminal <\/em>on 21 April at 11:00 pm and arraigned before the Denpasar, Bali Court pm on 30 June 2025, charged with attempting to smuggle into Indonesia 36.71 grams of Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol<\/em> – a main compound found in marijuana<\/p>\n The 38-year-old woman has freely admitted carrying the drug while entering Bali on holiday. She told police and prosecutors that she uses marijuana to alleviate anxiety caused by a back injury suffered in 2021. <\/p>\n Indonesian law does not permit the personal use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is classified as a Class I Narcotic, <\/em>including the plant’s derivatives such as Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol.<\/em><\/p>\n Parks has been charged by Bali prosecutor under Article 610 and Article 111 of Indonesia\u2019s strict 2023 Narcotics Law<\/em>, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n The woman arrived in Bali in the company of her partner, Joshua Anania Murphy, and has been held by police for more than two months since 21 April.<\/p>\n Shortly after disembarking her arrival flight, Parks’ luggage underwent X-ray examination, which led Customs Officials to discover the quantity of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),<\/em> which is widely used as a recreational drug or prescribed medically to manage stress, improve mood, and reduce muscle pain.<\/p>\n When Bali Customs Officials<\/em> inspected the woman\u2019s suitcase, they found a plastic bottle labeled “Peach Crecendo”<\/em> containing a clump of dried, greenish-brown plant material. The weight was 13.88 grams net. Officers also found a plastic bag containing a clump of dried, greenish-brown plant material weighing 22.83 grams net. Both packets were tested and found to be THC.<\/em><\/p>\n The woman was then placed under arrest by the Bali Regional Police Narcotics Directorate.<\/em><\/p>\n Tyeisha Kieonne Parks has established a GoFundMe Page<\/em>, publicized on Facebook, to raise funds for her legal defense in Bali. To date, more than US$30,000 has been raised<\/p>\n Related Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Russian Military Vet Produces Rp. 43.8 Bn Narcotics Factory from Bali Villa <\/p>\n Two Ukrainians Sent to Bali Prison for 20 Years<\/p>\n Stay Informed on Bali Tourism-Related News<\/strong>: Subscribe to Bali Update<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RadarBali reports that a US national from Ohio, Tyeisha Kieonne Parks, was arrested at Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport International Terminal on 21 April at 11:00 pm and arraigned before the Denpasar, Bali Court pm on 30 June 2025, charged with attempting to smuggle into Indonesia 36.71 grams of Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol – a main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ohio,](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ohio-usa-woman-facing-up-to-15-years-prison-for-bringing-marijuana-to-bali-6dc644c.webp\")
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