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History[edit]
Police were unclear how the two groups from Sydney and Brisbane were linked, but did establish the movements of members of the group before their departure for Indonesia. Several of the Bali Nine were employed by Eurest Australia, a multinational catering company with more than 9000 employees. Norman, Lawrence, Martin, Stephens and Chan, a supervisor with the company, all worked for Eurest, which provided hospitality services to theSydney Cricket Ground, where the group was employed.[25] Rush and Czugaj alleged they were recruited by Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, their co-defendant and the alleged financier of the smuggling plan, while socialising at akaraoke bar in Brisbane.[26]
Evidence was heard that Rush had met Nguyen six months earlier while fishing. He then travelled to Sydney with Nguyen to attend a 21st birthday party where he was introduced to Sukumaran, who called himself "Mark". It was alleged Nguyen offered them free trips to Bali. Several days later Rush and friend Czugaj returned to Sydney, where arrangements were made for them to travel to Indonesia. Neither had been overseas before. Lawrence had travelled to Bali three times, first arriving on 16 October 2004, then again on 5 December 2004 and 6 April 2005. Norman on 5 December 2004, 19 January 2005 and 6 April 2005; Sukumaran on 4 October 2004 and 8 April 2005; Chan on 16 October 2004 and 6 April 2005 and Nguyen on 5 December 2004 and 8 April 2005. Chen, Stephens, Czugaj and Rush were also on their first trip abroad when arrested on 17 April 2005.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) concluded that Sukumaran, Chan, Lawrence and Norman were part of a larger syndicate that successfully imported a commercial quantity of heroin into Australia from Indonesia on 23 October 2004. Other members of the syndicate were arrested in 14 AFP raids in Sydney and Brisbane on the same day in early May 2005.[27]
Arrests in Indonesia[edit]
Lawrence and Stephens arrived in Indonesia on 6 April, followed by Rush and Czugaj, old school friends from Brisbane, who arrived two days later. The group was introduced at a hotel where Chan and Sukumaran were staying, having arrived in Bali, earlier.[28] The group was highly organised by Chan and Sukumaran who split the group apart. Some of the Bali 9 did not even meet each other until they were arrested. In the book One-Way Ticket – The Untold Story of the Bali 9, Cindy Wockner and Madonna King write, "Indeed, both trips had been plotted, and re-plotted, the operation schemed to the nth degree. Every I had been dotted, every T crossed. And then checked. And re-checked." In reference to a previous trip to Bali, the book says, "this new trip had to be different: it would run like clockwork."
Chan and Sukumaran handed out SIM cards, to stay in contact. During their stay police noted the group would spend a large amount of time indoors in their hotel rooms, although Rush and Czugaj did make the most of their time in Bali and went shopping, eating, drinking and playing water sports. The group met again on 16 April for what police allege was a final briefing, before meeting for their final time at the airport before their 17 April arrest. After receiving information from the AFP about the group, including the names, passport numbers and information relating to their links to possible illegal drug trade, Indonesian police placed the group under constant surveillance for a week before their arrest.
Indonesian police believe a 22-year-old Thai woman, Cherry Likit Bannakorn, supplied Chen with the heroin. She is wanted by Interpol.[29][30]
Likit was believed to have left Bali on 18 April 2005, a day after the nine Australians were arrested, and was briefly detained at the Thai-Malaysian border until Indonesian police arrived. She was released when her paperwork was determined not to be in order for her to be extradited to Indonesia.
Head of the surveillance team I Nyoman Gatra later testified in court during trials for the accused that police were initially unaware Sukumaran was part of the group, because original information obtained from the AFP did not mention him by name. Indonesian police assumed Sukumaran was Chan's bodyguard as he was seen to accompany Chan in Bali.[1] Four of the nine, friends Czugaj and Rush, and co-workers Stephens and Lawrence were arrested at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport as they prepared to board an Australia-bound flight.
Between them, all were found to have been carrying more than 8.3 kilograms (18 lb) of heroin in plastic bags strapped to their bodies. On the same evening, Chan was removed from a commercial flight about to depart Ngurah Rai for Australia. Chan had several mobile phones in his possession, but was carrying no drugs when arrested. He was believed to be the person responsible for collecting the heroin from the couriers upon their arrival in Australia.[2] Four others, Nguyen, Sukumaran, Chen and Norman were arrested at Melasti Beach Bungalows near Kuta Beach in possession of 350 grams (12 oz) of heroin and strapping equipment.