BRITISH Primark Model Jailed in Bali Over 30 Cannabis Find in a raid on his villa – The Bali TimesPosted by On

A British model for Primark, 30-year-old Jed Texas, who graced the catwalks of Milan and Paris, has been sentenced to 5-years jail in Bali, after police raided his villa in April, in the trendy resort of Canggu, finding nine plastic bags containing 85.15 grams of marijuana, classed as a type two narcotic, along with a set of electronic scales.

Texas, real name Jed Higgins, apparently tried to flush the bags of dope down the toilet, in evidence given against him at Denpasar District Court, where he pleaded guilty to the charge, but he plans to appeal against his conviction, after being incarcerated in what is known locally as Hotel K, the infamous Kerobokan Prison, where currently it is reported that the highest percentage of inmates are positive with coronavirus.

Texas was also fined £60,000, which if he can not pay, will add an extra 6 months inside a notorious prison where inmates sleep rough on the concrete cell floors, in a vastly overcrowded prison.
Judge Gede Putra Astawa stated, “Texas is guilty of committing a criminal act by possessing narcotics type two. I sentence Jed Texas to five years in prison, reduced for his time in detention of seven months. The defendant’s actions have damaged the image of Bali as a tourist destination”.

Texas told the court, he was thoroughly ashamed of what he had done, claiming he used the weed to help with his mental…

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