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Western Telegraph
a day ago
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- Western Telegraph
Three Britons could face death penalty in Indonesia
Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1. Prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara said customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages. Mr Umbara told the District Court in Denpasar that packets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in their luggage contained 993.56 grams of cocaine, worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000). BREAKING: Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia. 🔗 Read more — Sky News (@SkyNews) June 3, 2025 Two days later, authorities arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, after a controlled delivery set up by police. This involved the other two suspects handing the drug to him in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. The drugs were brought from England to Indonesia with a transit in the Doha international airport in Qatar, Mr Umbara said. The group had successfully brought cocaine into the country twice before, Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit, told reporters in February. The trial was adjourned until next week, when the three-judge panel will hear witness evidence, Sky News reports. Both the defendants and their lawyers declined to comment to the media after the trial. Three Brits charged in Indonesia for smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachetshttps:// — ITV News (@itvnews) June 3, 2025 What are Indonesia's drug laws? According to Adventure Alternative, drug use or the possession of even small amounts of drugs such as marijuana or ecstasy can lead to prison sentences longer than four years in Indonesia. Convicted traffickers or users of hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin can face the death penalty. Sky News adds that drug smugglers in Indonesia are "sometimes executed by firing squad". About 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections' data showed. Indonesia's last executions, of an Indonesian and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016. A British woman, Lindsay Sandiford, now 69, has been on death row in Indonesia for more than a decade. She was arrested in 2012 when 3.8 kilograms of cocaine were discovered stuffed inside the lining of her luggage at Bali's airport.
North Wales Chronicle
3 days ago
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- North Wales Chronicle
Three Britons could face death penalty in Indonesia
Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1. Prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara said customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages. Mr Umbara told the District Court in Denpasar that packets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in their luggage contained 993.56 grams of cocaine, worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000). BREAKING: Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia. 🔗 Read more Two days later, authorities arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, after a controlled delivery set up by police. This involved the other two suspects handing the drug to him in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. The drugs were brought from England to Indonesia with a transit in the Doha international airport in Qatar, Mr Umbara said. The group had successfully brought cocaine into the country twice before, Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit, told reporters in February. The trial was adjourned until next week, when the three-judge panel will hear witness evidence, Sky News reports. Both the defendants and their lawyers declined to comment to the media after the trial. Three Brits charged in Indonesia for smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachetshttps:// According to Adventure Alternative, drug use or the possession of even small amounts of drugs such as marijuana or ecstasy can lead to prison sentences longer than four years in Indonesia. Convicted traffickers or users of hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin can face the death penalty. Sky News adds that drug smugglers in Indonesia are "sometimes executed by firing squad". About 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections' data showed. Indonesia's last executions, of an Indonesian and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016. A British woman, Lindsay Sandiford, now 69, has been on death row in Indonesia for more than a decade. She was arrested in 2012 when 3.8 kilograms of cocaine were discovered stuffed inside the lining of her luggage at Bali's airport.
Metro
3 days ago
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- Metro
Brits face firing squad for 'smuggling cocaine inside Angel Delight sachets'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Three British people face the death penalty after being charged with smuggling nearly a kilo of cocaine into Bali. Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were detained at Denpasar International Airport after customs officers flagged suspicious items in their luggage. Prosecutors said the contents of 10 sachets of Angel Delight in Collyer's case and seven desert packets in his partner's baggage tested positive for cocaine. The 993.56g is worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£270,000). Two days later, Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, was arrested in a sting by police pretending to stage a delivery in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. If convicted, the trio face the death penalty. Convicted drug smugglers in Indonesia are sometimes executed by firing squad. The drugs were brought from England to Indonesia with a transit in the Doha international airport in Qatar, prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara said. Ponco Indriyo, the Deputy Director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit, previously told reporters the trio successfully took drugs with them into Bali twice before being caught. After the charges against the group of three were read, the panel of three judges adjourned the trial until June 10, when the court will hear witness testimony. Both the defendants and their lawyers declined to comment to media after the trial. About 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections' data showed. Indonesia's last executions, of an Indonesian and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016. More Trending A British woman, Lindsay Sandiford, now 69, has been on death row in Indonesia for more than a decade. She was arrested in 2012 when 3.8 kilograms of cocaine was discovered stuffed inside the lining of her luggage at Bali's airport. Indonesia's highest court upheld the death sentence for Sandiford in 2013. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says Indonesia is a major drug-smuggling hub despite having some of the strictest drug laws in the world, in part because international drug syndicates target its young population. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: First picture of 'loving' teenager who died after motorbike plunged into canal MORE: 'I'm a reformed drug smuggler – this is how mules will be feeling on flights' MORE: Sainsbury's shoppers still losing millions of Nectar points in widespread scam
Daily Record
3 days ago
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- Daily Record
Three Brits face death penalty for 'smuggling cocaine in sachets of Angel Delight'
Jonathan Christopher Collyer, Lisa Ellen Stocker and Phineas Ambrose Float are all charged with smuggling the cocaine into Indonesia. Three Brits are facing the death penalty after being accused of smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia hidden inside Angel Delight sachets. Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 38, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 39, were arrested in Bali on February 1 after they were stopped by customs at the X-ray machine. It detected suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages, said prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara in court. The accused drug smugglers were ushered into the courtroom, each clad in bright red waistcoats that defendants are forced to wear during trial proceedings in Indonesia, reports the Mirror. Mr Umbara told the District Court in Denpasar that a lab test result confirmed that 10 sachets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in Collyer's luggage combined with seven similar sachets in his partner's suitcase contained 993.56 grams of cocaine, said to be worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000). Police later arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, after a controlled operation which saw the other two suspects hand the drugs over to him in a hotel car park in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. As he was led to face the drug trafficking charges, Float told gathered journalists to "f**k off". He arrived at Bali's Denpasar Central Court in a prison van, with his wrists in shackles, wearing a red prison vest over a white shirt. As he was walked to a holding cell, the Brit continued to hurl abuse at the gathered members of the media and was pictured in court smiling at Collyer. The drugs were flown into Indonesia from England with a transit in the Doha international airport in Qatar, Mr Umbara confirmed. The group managed to slip past Indonesian authorities twice before, before they were caught on their third attempt, said Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit. The charges against the group were read out in court before a panel of three judges adjourned the trial until June 10 - when the court will next hear witness testimony. According to data by the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections', around 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says the country is a major drug-smuggling hotspot despite it having some of the strictest drug laws in the world - partly because international drug gangs target its younger population. Those convicted face lengthy prison sentences or, in some cases, death by firing squad. The last executions of an Indonesian and three foreigners were carried out in July 2016. Brit Lindsay Sandiford was arrested in Indonesia in 2012 when 3.8 kilograms of cocaine was discovered stuffed inside the lining of her luggage at Bali's airport. Now aged 69, Sandiford has been on death row for more than a decade. Her death sentence was upheld by Indonesia's highest court in 2013. AKBP Ponco Indriyo, Bali Police Deputy Director of Drug Investigation, said at the time: "The drugs carried by the couple were cocaine weighing 994.56 grams. The drugs were brought from England via the Doha International Airport in Qatar, then to Indonesia. The method of concealment is to put the drugs, packed in food packaging, in a suitcase. The drugs were to be sold on Bali island, but were intercepted by customs and police officers." Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Stocker has been transferred to Bali's Kerobokan jail - the same hell-hole jail where pensioner Sandiford has spent more than 12 years awaiting execution for smuggling cocaine. A source said: "Stocker was moved to Kerobokan and placed in isolation as all new prisoners. Over recent weeks she has slowly been released into mainstream jail life and is due to be assigned a room. It means Sandiford has a new country person."
South Wales Argus
3 days ago
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- South Wales Argus
Three Britons could face death penalty in Indonesia
Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1. Prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara said customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages. Mr Umbara told the District Court in Denpasar that packets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in their luggage contained 993.56 grams of cocaine, worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000). BREAKING: Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia. 🔗 Read more — Sky News (@SkyNews) June 3, 2025 Two days later, authorities arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, after a controlled delivery set up by police. This involved the other two suspects handing the drug to him in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. The drugs were brought from England to Indonesia with a transit in the Doha international airport in Qatar, Mr Umbara said. The group had successfully brought cocaine into the country twice before, Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit, told reporters in February. The trial was adjourned until next week, when the three-judge panel will hear witness evidence, Sky News reports. Both the defendants and their lawyers declined to comment to the media after the trial. Three Brits charged in Indonesia for smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachetshttps:// — ITV News (@itvnews) June 3, 2025 What are Indonesia's drug laws? According to Adventure Alternative, drug use or the possession of even small amounts of drugs such as marijuana or ecstasy can lead to prison sentences longer than four years in Indonesia. Convicted traffickers or users of hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin can face the death penalty. Sky News adds that drug smugglers in Indonesia are "sometimes executed by firing squad". About 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections' data showed. Indonesia's last executions, of an Indonesian and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016. A British woman, Lindsay Sandiford, now 69, has been on death row in Indonesia for more than a decade. She was arrested in 2012 when 3.8 kilograms of cocaine were discovered stuffed inside the lining of her luggage at Bali's airport.
