Michelle Leslie: Caught

Sydney, Aug. 22 (AFP): Australian lingerie model Michelle Leslie could face up to 10 years in jail after getting busted on the Indonesian resort of Bali for allegedly possessing ecstasy tablets, officials said.

The 24-year-old, who has modeled for sassy lingerie line Antz Pantz and works under the name Michelle Lee, was arrested at a party near Bali’s popular Kuta beach at the weekend, they said.

Foreign minister Alexander Downer said that while the charge had not yet been proven, “people should understand that if you’re going anywhere in Asia you should never have drugs with you ? the consequences can be quite dire. In this particular case, in Michelle Leslie’s case, if she were convicted she could serve up to 10 years maximum in jail.”

Justice minister Chris Ellison said: “It does reinforce the situation in indonesia, and indeed in a lot of other countries in our region, that drugs are regarded very seriously.”

The arrest follows the jailing in May of another Australian, former beauty student Schapelle Corby, for smuggling marijuana into Bali.