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South China Morning Post
14 hours ago
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- South China Morning Post
Indonesia foils British trio's Angel Delight cocaine smuggling scheme
Three British nationals accused of smuggling nearly 1kg (2.2lbs) of cocaine into Indonesia have been charged by a court on the tourist island of Bali. They could face the death penalty under the country's drug laws. Advertisement Convicted drug smugglers in Indonesia are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1 after customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages, prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara said on Tuesday. 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 (2.19lbs) of cocaine, worth an estimated 6 billion rupiah (US$368,000). British national Phineas Ambrose Float attempts to hide his face upon arrival at a court in Denpasar, Bali, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP Two days later, authorities arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31 after a controlled delivery set up by police in which the other two suspects handed the drug to him in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. Advertisement
Sky News
a day ago
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- Sky News
Britons accused of smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachets could face death penalty
Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia. Jonathan Christopher Collyer and Lisa Ellen Stocker were arrested on 1 February after customs officers stopped them at an X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage, prosecutors claimed. A lab test result confirmed that 10 sachets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in Collyer's luggage and seven similar sachets in his partner's suitcase contained 993.56g, or over 2lbs, of cocaine, worth an estimated 6bn rupiah (£272,000), prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara told the District Court in the regional capital Denpasar. Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, was arrested two days later after police set up a controlled delivery in which the other two suspects allegedly handed him the drug in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. The drugs were brought from England to Indonesia via 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. About 530 people, including 96 foreigners, are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, according to figures from the country's ministry of immigration and corrections. One of them, Briton Lindsay Sandiford, now 69, has been on death row for more than a decade after 3.8kg of cocaine was found in her luggage in 2012. Despite its strict laws, Indonesia is a major drug-smuggling hub, the UN has said, partly because international syndicates target its young population. Just last week, Thomas Parker, from Cumbria, was sentenced to 10 months in jail in Bali for drug offences after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped. He was accused of collecting a package containing MDMA from a motorcycle taxi driver on a nearby street. During the police inquiries, the 32-year-old electrician was able to prove he did not order the package but that it was sent by a drug dealer friend, identified only as Nicky, whom Parker had known for about two years and with whom he communicated via the Telegram messaging app. Police reduced the initial charge of drug trafficking, which potentially carries the death sentence, to the less serious offence of hiding information from authorities. An Australian man, Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, from Cairns in north Queensland, was arrested on 22 May after police allegedly seized 1.7kg (3.7lbs) of cocaine during a raid on his rented home in Kuta Beach. A police chief said anti-drug surveillance teams reported Ahchee had received two suspicious packages sent by mail to Denpasar from England. He too could face the death penalty.
Sky News
a day ago
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- Sky News
Three Britons could face death penalty in Bali over charges of smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachets
Three Britons could face the death penalty in Bali after appearing in court charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia. Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on 1 February after customs officers stopped them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage, prosecutors claimed. 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, worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000), prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara told the District Court in the regional capital Denpasar. Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, was arrested two days later after police set up a controlled delivery in which the other two suspects allegedly handed him the drug in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. Convicted drug smugglers in Indonesia are sometimes executed by firing squad. Please refresh the page for the latest version.
BreakingNews.ie
a day ago
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- BreakingNews.ie
Three Britons accused of smuggling drugs face the death penalty in Indonesia
Three British nationals accused of smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia have been charged in a court on the tourist island of Bali. They face the death penalty under the country's strict drug laws. Advertisement Convicted drug smugglers in Indonesia are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1 after customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages, said prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara. 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, worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000). Two days later, authorities arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31 after a controlled delivery set up by police in which the other two suspects handed the drug to him in the parking area of a hotel in Denpasar. He is being tried separately. Advertisement The drugs were brought from England to Indonesia with a transit in the Doha international airport in Qatar, Mr Umbara said. The group successfully smuggled cocaine into Bali on two previous occasions before being caught on their third attempt, said Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit during a news conference in Denpasar on February 7. 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. Advertisement 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 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. Advertisement 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.
The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
3 British nationals accused of smuggling drugs face the death penalty in Indonesia
Three British nationals accused of smuggling nearly a kilogram (over two pounds) of cocaine into Indonesia were charged Tuesday in a court on the tourist island of Bali. They face the death penalty under the country's strict drug laws. Convicted drug smugglers in Indonesia are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on Feb. 1 after customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages, said prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara. Umbara told the District Court in Denpasar that a lab test result confirmed that ten 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 (2.19 pounds) of cocaine, worth an estimated 6 billion rupiah ($368,000). Two days later, authorities arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31 after a controlled delivery set up by police in which the other two suspects handed 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, Umbara said. The group successfully smuggled cocaine into Bali on two previous occasions before being caught on their third attempt, said Ponco Indriyo, the Deputy Director of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit during a news conference in Denpasar on Feb. 7. 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. 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 (8.4 pounds) 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. ___
