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A British man accused of smuggling cannabis into Bali has appeared wearing a mask at a TV press conference.Zaid Thanoon, 26, a photographer from Sheffield, was put in front of cameras with another man on Wednesday.He was arrested on 12 July, suspected of carrying three-and-a-half grams of cannabis into Indonesia.A second man who appeared, Victor Ortegarocha, from Chile, was allegedly caught with three grams of cannabis the following day.Both men appeared before local media at the customs office near Ngurah Rai airport on Bali, where the case against them was heard.Rebecca Henschke, the BBC's Indonesia editor, said according to local reports the men - who were masked to protect their identity - were transferred from the custody of regional police to the National Narcotics Agency Bali Province division.They face charges under Indonesia's anti-narcotics law that carry a sentence of between five and 15 years.[URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-45043048[/URL]
