Troy Smith ‘suffering withdrawals’ in rehab after being caught with meth in Bali

An Australian father allegedly caught with meth in Bali is suffering withdrawal symptoms in a rehab facility where he cannot leave his room for the first week of his stay, staff claim.

Troy Smith, from Port Lincoln in South Australia, was allegedly caught with 3.19 grams of methamphetamine at the Champlung Mas Hotel in Legian, Bali, on April 30.

Police are said to have found another 0.4 grams of the drug brought into the Indonesian country, along with a hookah and a lighter.

The 49-year-old was initially charged with drug possession, which carries a maximum sentence of 12 years, but was later charged with drug trafficking, which could see him locked up for life.

He was initially held in a shared prison cell with a dozen other prisoners and had only a bucket to use as a toilet.

However, on Wednesday, Smith was transferred to the Anargya Sober House Bali rehabilitation center where he will stay while he is charged.

Riska Andari, Smith’s clinical case manager, said a pre-assessment report had revealed the father-of-two had attempted suicide three times and had battled drug and alcohol abuse for years.

‘[The initial report] shows he was using meth almost every day, which is a sign of a high-risk addiction and he needed immediate help through rehab,” she told Daily Mail Australia.

Ms Andari said Smith had been using meth since 2019 and first went to rehab for alcohol in 2013.

It is understood that Smith has been to rehab four times for alcohol.

Yarianto Telaumbanua, director of the facility’s Recovery Unit, said Smith was still facing withdrawals and they wouldn’t be able to assess him for another week.

‘Physically he is good, but we cannot do an assessment now because he is still fine [going through] withdrawal,” he told Daily Mail Australia.

Mr Telaumbanua said he spoke to the Australian on Friday but was “not focused” and had difficulty speaking.

Smith also suffers from headaches and will remain in his room for the first week.

“We can talk to him in about a week,” Telaumbanua said.

“What I see when people get recordings is that they are not conscious when you talk to them.”

Mr Telaumbanua said the treatment center uses the 12-step program to help addicts, including counseling and education about addiction.

Employees are available at the clinic 24 hours a day.

He added that it is a better alternative to prison because it can “give them a better life for when they get out.”

Some patients are allowed to take excursions to the beach to clear their heads as part of the treatment center’s wellness programs.

Mr Telaumbanua said Smith was “different from other clients” because he was facing a criminal case in Indonesia.

Daily Mail Australia was not given access to the patient rooms, but was able to see a communal area where lectures and meetings are sometimes held.

A timetable showing patients’ daily routines was also displayed in the common area.

Patients, or “clients” as the center calls them, wake up at 8 a.m., then do chores and wash up before breakfast at 9 a.m.

Workshops and lectures, including group work, are held for patients before dinner at 7:00 PM, with a bedtime between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM.

Those staying at the treatment center can have visitors on weekends and some free time during the week.

The rehabilitation facility also offers exclusive retreats ranging from three to thirty days.

Smith’s new wife Tracy Ijusa will be able to visit him in rehab.

The couple, who met on Tinder, got married in December in her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya.

“Troy has come to terms with his addiction and has begun the difficult journey to recovery,” said John McLeod, the director of the counseling firm that Mr. Smith’s family hired after his arrest.

‘He is now free of drugs and alcohol, and the sobering reflection of the pain and suffering he has caused his loved ones over the years is real and confronting.

“Tracy will be able to visit Troy under the rehabilitation facility’s policies; no special arrangements have been made.’

Mr. McLeod, a high-profile fixer who runs Tora Solutions, helped free Schapelle Corby from the infamous Kerobokan prison in 2014 after being accused of drug trafficking.

It was reported that Mr Smith struggled in the overcrowded concrete cell at police headquarters in Denpasar with only a bucket to use as a toilet.

Mr. Smith’s lawyer, Edward Pangkahila, said Mr. Smith had cried in jail and was very stressed after the charges.

Mr. Smith’s lawyers said the drug package was allegedly sent to him by a friend as a thank you for his help with a car purchase, and that Mr. Smith did not know what was inside.

At a press conference on Monday, one of Mr Smith’s lawyers, Sienny Karmana, claimed his client had tried to evade arrest “because he was scared”, with police firing two warning shots into the air before he was apprehended.

“The police said he tried to run away, but the police caught him back. “They fired shots in the air and he was surprised and then he fell down and the police caught him,” she said.

Mr. Smith’s alcoholism caused his children to break off contact with him and his marriage to collapse.

Just a few weeks ago, he was enjoying a world-traveling life as a newlywed after tying the knot with his wife.

“I’ve had an interesting last 12 years,” Smith said in a video.

‘Chronic alcoholic, hit rock bottom. You couldn’t have drank more than me.

‘I saw no way out and honestly I probably should have died. Children don’t talk to me anymore.

‘But then in the most bizarre circumstances during a Tinder meeting I met this girl in Nairobi and I’ve been in Bali ever since.

‘Now I love life. This girl gives me the motivation to do anything. She is my life now.”

Smith will appear in court next month.