Adelaide model arrested in Bali on drugs charge

One of Adelaide's top models has been arrested in Bali after police allegedly found drugs in her possession during a raid on a party.

Michelle Leslie, 24, who also works under the name of Michelle Lee, was among a group of five people picked up in the early hours of Saturday during a raid on a party at the GWK park, a public auditorium near Kuta, The Adelaide Advertiser newspaper says today.

Police would not confirm her identity or say on what allegations she is being held, but said they will announce details at a press conference today.

But the paper says it's understood she was allegedly in possession of one or two ecstasy tablets.

Several locals were also arrested.

Ms Leslie had been on holiday in Bali with friends after working in Singapore, and had been expected to leave Bali today.

The Advertiser says Ms Leslie started full-time modelling at the age of 15 and has worked in a number of high-profile jobs, including Myer's spring-summer fashion launch in Sydney this month. She was named as the face of Antz Pantz underwear late last year.

She was a contestant on Channel 10's Search for a Supermodel in 2000 and moved to New York in 2003 to advance her career.

The arrests were made at a "Vertigo Goes to Bali" nightclub party at the lotus pond area of the GWK park, the location for the first anniversary commemoration of the Bali bombing.

In the raids, police netted 15 ecstasy tablets and arrested five people, including four locals aged 26 to 35.

Even possession of a small quantity of drugs is enough, under Indonesian law, to earn a lengthy prison term of up to 10 years.

Ms Leslie is being held in police cells at Polda, the Denpasar police headquarters, where alleged heroin smugglers the Bali Nine were held until recently and, before them, convicted Australian smuggler Schapelle Corby.

She is the latest in a list of Australians to fall foul of drugs police in Bali. In addition to Schapelle Corby and the Bali Nine, Adelaide man John Pyle was recently sentenced to five months jail for having a small quantity of hashish in his rented bungalow.

- AAP