In what’s either just a massive misunderstanding or the luckiest damn drug deal gone wrong in history, it looks like the 18 year old Schoolie currently being held in a Bali police station, Jamie Murphy, was holding paracetamol all along.
Police sources have told News Corp that the 1.46 grams of white powder found in Murphy’s (frankly rockin’) bumbag was not drugs and appears to be pain medication, most likely paracetamol AKA sweet, hangover-killing panadol.
However, Kuta police chief Wayan Sumara has yet to receive a forensic report, and added that while Murphy has not been named as a suspect he is being held pending the official lab results:
“I cannot give any explanation before I get the official report from the forensic laboratory. We are still waiting for the report.”
Sources also said that Murphy’s blood and urine tests tested negative for drugs, and, once the official report comes out, he should be free to leave the station after being held for the last two nights.
How this news correlates with Murphy’s friends’ earlier claim that he was set up by security waits to be seen, but either way this would be a massive relief for the (presumably terrified) Schoolie.
Of course, if he did intend to buy cocaine and was given paracetamol instead, he’s the luckiest bloke alive and one of the first stoolies happy to be screwed over by a drug dealer.
Source: News Corp.
Photo: 9 News.
