An Australian was jailed for one year Thursday after he was caught smoking a marijuana joint on a beach in Bali.
Nicholas James Langan, 25, was arrested on popular Batu Bolong beach in January after he was found smoking the drug with an Indonesian who worked as a driver at a hotel. Marijuana weighing 0.86 grams was also seized.
Indonesia has recently stepped up a campaign against drug use and the tough sentence came almost three months after eight drug convicts, including seven foreigners, were executed by firing squad despite international appeals for mercy.
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