Three individuals from Britain are facing accusations of attempting to bring almost a kilogram of cocaine into the country.
Indonesia
Individuals found with packets of Angel Delight inside could face the death penalty if convicted.
Jonathan Christopher Collyer, aged 28, Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, and Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, were presented before the court.
Bali
On Tuesday to listen to the accusations against them.
In February, Collyer and Stocker were detained at Bali’s international airport when customs officials spotted unusual contents in their baggage during the X-ray inspection, according to prosecutors.
Laboratory tests verified that ten packets of Angel Delight found in Collyer’s luggage and seven comparable packets in his partner’s suitcase held a total of 993.56 grams.
grams of cocaine
worth approximately six billion rupiah (£272,000).
Two days later, authorities arrested Float, after police set up a controlled delivery in which the other two suspects handed the drugs to him in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar, Bali’s capital city. He is being tried separately.
The three accused individuals, hailing from Hastings and St Leonards in East Sussex, might be subject to capital punishment upon conviction; this sentence can occasionally be enforced through shooting in Indonesia.
The prosecutor, I Made Dipa Umbara, informed the court that the narcotics were transported from England to Indonesia with a layover at the Doha International Airport in Qatar.
The group successfully smuggled cocaine into Bali on two previous occasions before being caught on their third attempt, alleged Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit during a news conference in Denpasar in February.
Following the presentation of charges to the trio, the judicial panel consisting of three judges postponed the hearing till June 10th for testimonies from witnesses.
Despite possessing some of the harshest drug laws globally, Indonesia remains a significant hub for drug smuggling.
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports that this is partly due to international drug cartels focusing their efforts on the country’s youthful demographic.
Approximately 530 individuals, with 96 being foreign nationals, currently face the death penalty in Indonesia, primarily due to offenses related to drugs, according to statistics from the Ministry of Immigration and Correction.
Indonesia’s most recent executions, which included one Indonesian and three foreign nationals, took place in July 2016.
A 69-year-old British woman named Lindsay Sandiford has been on death row in Indonesia for over ten years. She was apprehended in 2012 after authorities found 3.8 kilograms of cocaine hidden within the lining of her suitcase at Bali’s airport.
In 2013, Indonesia’s top court confirmed the death penalty for Sandiford.
