SINGAPORE (AP) -- An Australian television journalist has been arrested in Singapore for alleged drug possession and faces up to 20 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane, police and his employer said Friday.
The Central Narcotics Bureau said the man was arrested Wednesday but did not identify him. Australia's national television network, Australian Broadcasting Corp., said it was their New Delhi-based South Asia correspondent, Peter Lloyd.
Officers seized a packet of methamphetamine weighing approximately 0.03 ounces, an improvised smoking pipe and six syringes, the narcotics bureau said in a statement. Lloyd, 41, was expected to be charged in court Friday.
Singapore imposes severe penalties for drug use and possession, including a mandatory death penalty for anyone caught with more than 0.5 ounces of heroin or more than 17.6 ounces of marijuana. The death penalty does not apply to synthetic drug possession.
A statement from the director of ABC News, John Cameron, said Lloyd was on leave in Singapore. The reporter has been the face of ABC's coverage from India and Pakistan, appearing regularly on the network's nationally broadcast daily news.
The narcotics bureau said Lloyd was arrested during a follow-up search after a Singaporean man was arrested earlier in the day for alleged possession of methamphetamine. An investigation revealed that Lloyd had supplied the Singaporean with the drug, it said.
Lloyd faces five to 20 years in prison and five to 15 strokes of the cane if found guilty.
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