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SNOWING IN BALI

dressed too – shirt, tie, leather shoes, Rolex. He'd once done a stint in prison for possession of a range of drugs.

Another big case involved Edy Kusyanto – the owner of Ibiza restaurant in Kuta. He was caught in 1995 for possession of drugs, including 307 grams of hashish, 100 grams of cocaine, 9.8 grams of marijuana and 17.9 grams of ecstasy.

– Jakarta Post, 16 September 1999

I think he got three years. Not so much, because he paid to get out and came back.

– Rafael

Rafael had met Edy in his pizzeria one day as he sat eating lunch with Fabio, who was already working with him. Fabio pointed across and said, ‘You want drugs, that’s the boss.’ Rafael was keen to meet him, and they soon went upstairs to his office, where Edy sat down at his desk and placed his briefcase on it. ‘Right, what do you want?’ he asked. ‘What do you have?’ Rafael enquired. Edy popped the locks and flipped up the lid. It was a pharmacy. ‘Everything: ecstasy, ganja, coke, heroin.’

Rafael asked if he was interested in buying. ‘Oh yeah, why, you have some?’

‘Not right now but soon. I can bring you a sample.’ Edy was keen. Meanwhile, that afternoon Rafael bought a gram for $100, and the connection was made. But they didn’t deal for long, as Rafael liked professionalism.

He says I pay you next week, and then next week, tomorrow, tomorrow, and I was, like, crazy about that.

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