wanted to play. So I go to get the bag and when I went outside they stopped me. They touch, they ask me what is this. I say plastic. They say open it .
Did you try to stop them opening it?
Juri: I say the same thing as in Bangkok. I say it’s plastic, it’s plastic. But they don’t listen to me, they open, they cut open the bag, take out a little bit of stuff .
How were you feeling?
Juri: Fucked up. Yeah. Fucked up. Way bad .
Did you offer police at the airport any money?
Juri: No. I was thinking about that but there were too many policemen .
How many policemen?
Juri: A lot .
Fellow inmate: Want to see his eyes shine! Was the cocaine good, Juri?
Juri: Yeah. It was the same stuff as Marco had .
Fellow inmate: From Peru. The best stuff in the world, about 85 per cent pure. The most you can get is 95 per cent. If you make a big line, it can explode your heart, it’s extremely pure. Juri had very good quality stuff because I know the source .
Was it going to be sold in Bali?
Juri: No, in New Zealand and Australia .
Were you going to take it there?
Juri: No, not me. Somebody else take it by boat .
Fellow inmate: By catamaran .
That was your job finished?
Juri: Yeah .
What did the police do with the cocaine?
Juri: The police in Bali sell it for sure. They cut it and mix it. They make fifteen kilograms with my stuff .
How many times had you smuggled cocaine into Bali?
Juri: In Bali, it was the first time I bring cocaine. I do other drugs – hashish, ecstasy, like that. But first time ever cocaine and it was first time I bring something for somebody else. I always bring my own stuff. I always pack my own bags. I’m a user. But I do it this time because there was an emergency for Marco. They had to find someone to bring more stuff to make more money to help Marco. I didn’t know Marco that time. But to help my boss, I say, ‘Yeah, okay, I go’ .
Had you trafficked drugs to other countries?
Juri: Yeah. In Italy, in Holland, in India .
Cocaine?
Juri: Cocaine, everything .
Heroin?
Juri: No never. Ecstasy, hashish. Heroin never. I don’t play that .
And always in a surfboard?
Juri: No, in a bag sometimes, in my stomach. I swallow balls. I swallow one kilogram of hash balls .
How do you swallow?
Juri: You make balls with the plastic. I roll the hash in cellophane paper for the food and make small, small balls .
And you’re stomach was okay … because you’re so skinny?
Juri: Yeah, my stomach’s okay because I take a long time to swallow, like one whole day. I needed ten hours to swallow that stuff .
And do you eat any food that day?
Juri: No, no, cannot .
And then you get on the plane?
Juri: Yeah .
How did you get involved with drugs?
Juri: It’s life, yeah. What happened like you meet someone, and then you meet someone else. Slowly, slowly. But since I’m a kid in Italy I already play, like sell hashish in Italy .
You sold it when you were in Italy?
Juri: Yeah, since I was 14 years old, I sell it. In the school I sell hashish many times. I sell it through the guy who sells pizza for breakfast at school. If somebody wants a special pizza, he sells it with my hashish on top .
Did you move to Bali because it was a good base for selling drugs?
Juri: I move to Bali because I have a friend there – he has a house. So I moved in with him and we started going to India and travelling around a little bit .
To get drugs?
Juri: Yeah. But India is a beautiful place as well. I like travelling a lot .
How many times would you have gone through an international airport with drugs … ten times?
Juri: More. Twenty, thirty times .
And you’ve never got caught before?
Juri: Never .
Why did you get caught this time, do you think?
Juri: It was my time .
– Juri and fellow inmate
CHAPTER 6
NO STAR TO FIVE STAR
You cannot describe what feeling you have when you walk into Kerobokan. It’s not like a normal place. Walking down into a dirty
Did you try to stop them opening it?
Juri: I say the same thing as in Bangkok. I say it’s plastic, it’s plastic. But they don’t listen to me, they open, they cut open the bag, take out a little bit of stuff .
How were you feeling?
Juri: Fucked up. Yeah. Fucked up. Way bad .
Did you offer police at the airport any money?
Juri: No. I was thinking about that but there were too many policemen .
How many policemen?
Juri: A lot .
Fellow inmate: Want to see his eyes shine! Was the cocaine good, Juri?
Juri: Yeah. It was the same stuff as Marco had .
Fellow inmate: From Peru. The best stuff in the world, about 85 per cent pure. The most you can get is 95 per cent. If you make a big line, it can explode your heart, it’s extremely pure. Juri had very good quality stuff because I know the source .
Was it going to be sold in Bali?
Juri: No, in New Zealand and Australia .
Were you going to take it there?
Juri: No, not me. Somebody else take it by boat .
Fellow inmate: By catamaran .
That was your job finished?
Juri: Yeah .
What did the police do with the cocaine?
Juri: The police in Bali sell it for sure. They cut it and mix it. They make fifteen kilograms with my stuff .
How many times had you smuggled cocaine into Bali?
Juri: In Bali, it was the first time I bring cocaine. I do other drugs – hashish, ecstasy, like that. But first time ever cocaine and it was first time I bring something for somebody else. I always bring my own stuff. I always pack my own bags. I’m a user. But I do it this time because there was an emergency for Marco. They had to find someone to bring more stuff to make more money to help Marco. I didn’t know Marco that time. But to help my boss, I say, ‘Yeah, okay, I go’ .
Had you trafficked drugs to other countries?
Juri: Yeah. In Italy, in Holland, in India .
Cocaine?
Juri: Cocaine, everything .
Heroin?
Juri: No never. Ecstasy, hashish. Heroin never. I don’t play that .
And always in a surfboard?
Juri: No, in a bag sometimes, in my stomach. I swallow balls. I swallow one kilogram of hash balls .
How do you swallow?
Juri: You make balls with the plastic. I roll the hash in cellophane paper for the food and make small, small balls .
And you’re stomach was okay … because you’re so skinny?
Juri: Yeah, my stomach’s okay because I take a long time to swallow, like one whole day. I needed ten hours to swallow that stuff .
And do you eat any food that day?
Juri: No, no, cannot .
And then you get on the plane?
Juri: Yeah .
How did you get involved with drugs?
Juri: It’s life, yeah. What happened like you meet someone, and then you meet someone else. Slowly, slowly. But since I’m a kid in Italy I already play, like sell hashish in Italy .
You sold it when you were in Italy?
Juri: Yeah, since I was 14 years old, I sell it. In the school I sell hashish many times. I sell it through the guy who sells pizza for breakfast at school. If somebody wants a special pizza, he sells it with my hashish on top .
Did you move to Bali because it was a good base for selling drugs?
Juri: I move to Bali because I have a friend there – he has a house. So I moved in with him and we started going to India and travelling around a little bit .
To get drugs?
Juri: Yeah. But India is a beautiful place as well. I like travelling a lot .
How many times would you have gone through an international airport with drugs … ten times?
Juri: More. Twenty, thirty times .
And you’ve never got caught before?
Juri: Never .
Why did you get caught this time, do you think?
Juri: It was my time .
– Juri and fellow inmate
CHAPTER 6
NO STAR TO FIVE STAR
You cannot describe what feeling you have when you walk into Kerobokan. It’s not like a normal place. Walking down into a dirty
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