20 Feb 2014

Kiwi arrested for meth in Bali

8:08 am on 20 February 2014

A New Zealander has been arrested in Bali after a marijuana cigarette apparently led the police to discover a small stash of drugs.

The woman has been named by local media as Leeza Tracey Ormsby, 37, she is reportedly from Rotorua and is believed to now live in New South Wales, Australia.

She was arrested at a North Kuta villa, where police found 159 grams of methamphetamine.

A journalist with Channel 7 in Australia, Robert Ovadia, told Morning Report 26 grams of marijuana and 132 grams of MDMA or ecstasy were also found in the villa.

Police in Indonesia say she has not yet been charged.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is assisting Ormsby.