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'...Customs and police witnesses were divided on whether AFP officers had been present at the airport during the arrests.
Maja said the AFP had not been present during the raids, while another police officer, Wayan Suwita, testified he had seen AFP officer Paul Hunniford at the airport.
"One of them is a liar," Stephens' defence lawyer Adnan Wirwan said. "One of them is not telling the truth about the AFP."
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ACCUSED Bali Nine drug mule Martin Stephens allegedly tried to bluff his way out of being arrested by telling Indonesian officers that a heroin-filled brace around his waist was strapping for a banana boat injury.
Customs officer Gede Senopati told a Bali court yesterday the 29-year-old former bartender from Wollongong tried to dodge a strip search after he and the four other mules were intercepted at Bali airport wearing sports braces filled with drugs.
"Martin said he had an accident from a banana boat ride, and that was the reason for the brace," Senopati told the three-judge Denpasar District Court.
I Made Maja, a police officer assigned to watch Stephens following an Australian Federal Police tipoff, said Stephens had been acting suspiciously when he arrived at the airport, where a joint Indonesian police-customs team lay in wait.
"He was pulling his shirt down all the time over the packs," he said.
The judges were forced to briefly interrupt proceedings when a ceiling fan began blowing loose heroin powder from a leaking heroin block around the bench.
"Is it creating a problem?" chief judge I Made Sudia asked police, prompting laughter in the court.
Customs and police witnesses were divided on whether AFP officers had been present at the airport during the arrests.
Maja said the AFP had not been present during the raids, while another police officer, Wayan Suwita, testified he had seen AFP officer Paul Hunniford at the airport.
"One of them is a liar," Stephens' defence lawyer Adnan Wirwan said. "One of them is not telling the truth about the AFP."
At the end of yesterday's hearing, Stephens was granted five minutes with his parents, Bill and Michelle, for a hug and briefing on trial progress.
In a neighbouring court, judges refused to throw out death penalty charges against three other Bali Nine defendants ? Matthew Norman, 19, and Si Yi Chen, 20, of Sydney, and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, 23, of Brisbane.
Their defence lawyers had unsuccessfully protested the trio should not be tried under laws on organised crime or exporting drugs that carry a maximum penalty of execution by firing squad.
Police arrested them in April at the Melasti Hotel in Kuta and allegedly seized 300g of heroin and suitcases containing smuggling equipment and traces of the drug.
A fourth man, alleged kingpin Myuran Sukumaran, was also arrested at the same hotel, while five others were arrested at Bali airport, allegedly with 8.3kg of heroin destined for Sydney.
Dismissing the defence objections, Judge Istiningsih said the prosecution's case was based on the alleged systematic, co-ordinated and secretive activities of the group. The defence said it would appeal the decision.
Stephens's trial was adjourned until November 30, while the Melasti trio's trial will resume on November 23
Maja said the AFP had not been present during the raids, while another police officer, Wayan Suwita, testified he had seen AFP officer Paul Hunniford at the airport.
"One of them is a liar," Stephens' defence lawyer Adnan Wirwan said. "One of them is not telling the truth about the AFP."
FROM
ACCUSED Bali Nine drug mule Martin Stephens allegedly tried to bluff his way out of being arrested by telling Indonesian officers that a heroin-filled brace around his waist was strapping for a banana boat injury.
Customs officer Gede Senopati told a Bali court yesterday the 29-year-old former bartender from Wollongong tried to dodge a strip search after he and the four other mules were intercepted at Bali airport wearing sports braces filled with drugs.
"Martin said he had an accident from a banana boat ride, and that was the reason for the brace," Senopati told the three-judge Denpasar District Court.
I Made Maja, a police officer assigned to watch Stephens following an Australian Federal Police tipoff, said Stephens had been acting suspiciously when he arrived at the airport, where a joint Indonesian police-customs team lay in wait.
"He was pulling his shirt down all the time over the packs," he said.
The judges were forced to briefly interrupt proceedings when a ceiling fan began blowing loose heroin powder from a leaking heroin block around the bench.
"Is it creating a problem?" chief judge I Made Sudia asked police, prompting laughter in the court.
Customs and police witnesses were divided on whether AFP officers had been present at the airport during the arrests.
Maja said the AFP had not been present during the raids, while another police officer, Wayan Suwita, testified he had seen AFP officer Paul Hunniford at the airport.
"One of them is a liar," Stephens' defence lawyer Adnan Wirwan said. "One of them is not telling the truth about the AFP."
At the end of yesterday's hearing, Stephens was granted five minutes with his parents, Bill and Michelle, for a hug and briefing on trial progress.
In a neighbouring court, judges refused to throw out death penalty charges against three other Bali Nine defendants ? Matthew Norman, 19, and Si Yi Chen, 20, of Sydney, and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, 23, of Brisbane.
Their defence lawyers had unsuccessfully protested the trio should not be tried under laws on organised crime or exporting drugs that carry a maximum penalty of execution by firing squad.
Police arrested them in April at the Melasti Hotel in Kuta and allegedly seized 300g of heroin and suitcases containing smuggling equipment and traces of the drug.
A fourth man, alleged kingpin Myuran Sukumaran, was also arrested at the same hotel, while five others were arrested at Bali airport, allegedly with 8.3kg of heroin destined for Sydney.
Dismissing the defence objections, Judge Istiningsih said the prosecution's case was based on the alleged systematic, co-ordinated and secretive activities of the group. The defence said it would appeal the decision.
Stephens's trial was adjourned until November 30, while the Melasti trio's trial will resume on November 23
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