Ugandan found dead with 1 kg of crystal meth in stomach

Ni Komang Arviani, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Mon, 09/05/2011

A 41-year-old Uganda national was found dead in a hotel room by the police in Kuta, Bali.

An autopsy revealed that the victim, identified as Magambe Pheobe Annet, had 1,192 grams of crystal metamphetamine (shabu-shabu) in his stomach, indicating that he might have been a drug courier.

“We just received the autopsy report on Saturday, Sept. 3. We thought the man had died of natural causes as there were no signs of violence,” Denpasar Police spokesman Adj. Comr. Ida Bagus Made Sarjana said on Monday.

Sarjana refused to speculate whether the man had been part of an international drug network.