Businessman Lamar Ahchee, 43, was allegedly caught with 1.5 kilograms of cocaine which arrived in a package from Thailand.
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Lamar Ahchee was allegedly paid $4700 to collect the haul that could see him face the death penalty.

While Indonesian police displayed the 206 packages from the nearly two-kilogram seizure, Ahchee’s lawyer mentioned that the individual in question was taken aback.

Businessman Lamar Ahchee, 43, was allegedly caught with 1.5 kilograms of cocaine which arrived in a package from Thailand.
Businessman Lamar Ahchee, 43, was allegedly caught with 1.5 kilograms of cocaine which arrived in a package from Thailand. (Nine)
An Australian man could face the death penalty after being arrested over an alleged drug package on the holiday island of Bali.
The Australian man could face the death penalty after being arrested over an alleged drug package on the holiday island of Bali. (Nine)

“He’s telling me that honestly, he doesn’t know what was inside,” Ahchee’s lawyer Edward Pangkahila said.

The 43-year-old Australian was arrested on the street near his home in Canggu.

It’s alleged Ahchee instructed a driver to collect two boxes stuffed with balls of cocaine disguised as chocolate.

A delivery, it is claimed, he was asked to pick up by someone in the UK, who he knew only as “the boss”. 

For it, he was paid $4700.

“Police have to find this guy,” Pangkahila said.

Originally from Cairns, Ahchee moved to Bali in 2017.

Lamar Ahchee was allegedly paid $4700  to collect the haul that could see him face the death penalty.
As Indonesian police proudly showcased the 2 hundred and six packages of the nearly two kilogram interception, Lamar Ahchee’s lawyer said the man behind the mask was shocked. (Nine)
Lamar Ahchee was allegedly paid $4700  to collect the haul that could see him face the death penalty.
Lamar Ahchee was allegedly paid $4700 to collect the haul that could see him face the death penalty. (Nine)

His father told 9News he’s “a good man”.

Former colleague Liesel Pisani agreed, describing him as “the most genuine, kind, happy, helpful human”.

Ahchee is now potentially facing the death penalty.

“To be honest, it brought me to tears, I just could see a broken man there,” Pisani said.

Pangkahila said the former restaurateur was crying as he was paraded by police in front of the media.

Locked in a Balinese prison, it could be more than two months before Ahchee next appears.

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