THE cannabis in Schapelle Corby's boogie-board bag belonged to her late father Mick, according to an Adelaide drug trafficker who claims he and Mick Corby were drug associates.
Malcolm McCauley said he sold the marijuana to Corby's late father Mick – and knew it was destined for Bali.
In an interview with a Sydney newspaper, McCauley claimed Mick Corby had a drug supply operation to the Indonesian holiday spot, which Schapelle knew about.
McCauley, who was released from jail in South Australia in May, is believed to have been offered up to $60,000 for his story by Seven's Today Tonight, and Nine's 60 Minutes is pursuing him.
It is understood 60 Minutes plans to try to interview him today.
Mick Corby, who died earlier this year of cancer, repeatedly denied knowledge of the Bali drugs, but admitted to a 1970s conviction for marijuana possession.
But McCauley said he was Mick Corby's marijuana supplier and had sold him the drugs found in Schapelle's boogie-board bag.
"This was no bush weed," he told a newspaper.
"It was excellent South Australian hydro, and it had an excellent reputation in Bali." He claimed Mick Corby used US$1000 in cash bribes to get his drug shipments through customs in Bali.
The drugs were then distributed among surf and souvenir shops, from where it was sold to tourists and expats, he alleged.
McCauley said it was a well-organised system and the marijuana usually breezed through the airport because of the bribes.
But when the cash bribe was pocketed before Schapelle's boogie board reached security at Bali airport, she took the blame.
McCauley maintains that Schapelle knew her father was a drug dealer and knew about the trips to Bali.
Last week, Mick Corby's cousin, Allan Trembath, claimed Mick had asked him to help ship drugs in Queensland, but police said they had "no evidence to link Michael Corby with involvement in the drug trade".
The McCauley-Corby link came to light in May, 2005, when police raided McCauley's home and found 15kg of cannabis, $60,000 in cash and photographs of McCauley visiting Schapelle Corby in Bali's Kerobokan prison.
He claimed then to have met Schapelle's mother, Rosleigh Rose, while visiting the Bali court to observe Schapelle's trial.
McCauley was in hiding yesterday after making the claims and repeatedly refused to speak to Sunday Mail journalists.
"Malcolm says he doesn't want to talk to anybody, he has been hounded a bit," his estranged wife, Kathleen McCauley, said.
Ms McCauley expressed dismay about her husband's revelations, slamming the confessions as "not very good". She said she did not know the Corbys, but refused to comment further.
"I'm keeping out of it," she said.
The couple's daughter, Kelly, said her father had never spoken to her about dealing drugs or knowing the Corbys.
"He never told me about that," she said.
However, she said she was not concerned about the explosive revelations. "It is water off a duck's back," she said.
In Brisbane yesterday, Rosleigh Rose refused to comment on the latest allegations, saying only: "We're not talking to the media. Go away."
Corby is serving the fourth year of a 20-year jail term in Bali, having exhausted all her appeal processes.
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