An Australian man being held on drug charges in Indonesia looks likely to avoid the death penalty, after prosecutors recommended a 15-year jail sentence.

Edward Norman Myatt was arrested in February at Bali's international airport, after a customs officer became suspicious.

Myatt was detained and taken for an X-ray which showed a large number of capsules in his stomach.

Indonesian officials say they recovered 70 capsules filled with more than a kilogram of hashish and about 4.5 grams of methamphetamine.

It is an offence that could carry the death penalty in Indonesia.

But in Denpasar District Court, prosecutors suggested 15 years in Jail for Myatt and a $20,000 fine.

The prosecutors say Myatt has behaved well, apologised and admitted wrongdoing.