Three British nationals could face death by firing squad for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Indonesia

Three British nationals could look decease by a firing squad aft they allegedly smuggled astir a kilogram – implicit 2 pounds – of cocaine onto the land of Bali successful Indonesia.

The Associated Press reported that authoritative I Made Dipa Umbara said 28-year-old Jonathan Christopher Collyer and 29-year-old Lisa Ellen Stocker were arrested Feb. 1, aft customs officers stopped them astatine the X-ray instrumentality erstwhile they recovered suspicious items disguised arsenic nutrient packages wrong their luggage.

Umbara told the District Court successful Denpasar during a court hearing connected Tuesday that a laboratory trial effect confirmed 10 pouches of "Angel Delight" powdered godforsaken premix successful Collyer’s luggage, on with 7 akin pouches successful Stocker’s suitcase contained 993.56 grams, oregon 2.19 pounds, of cocaine, worthy astir 6 cardinal rupiah ($368,000).

Two days aft Collyer and Stocker were arrested, constabulary arrested 31-year-old Phineas Ambrose Float aft a transportation sting acceptable up by instrumentality enforcement that progressive the different 2 suspects handing the cause to him successful the parking batch of a edifice successful Denpasar.

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British nationals Phineas Float, left, Jonathan Collyer and Lisa Stocker beryllium wrong the courtroom earlier the commencement of their proceedings proceeding astatine Denpasar District Court successful Denpasar, Bali, connected Tuesday. The trio is accused of smuggling implicit 2 pounds of cocaine into Indonesia. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Float is being tried separately, according to Umbara.

The cocaine was transported from England to Indonesia by mode of the Doha International Airport successful Qatar, Umbara explained.

The trio successfully smuggled cocaine into Bali connected 2 erstwhile occasions earlier being stopped connected their 3rd attempt, Ponco Indriyo, the lawman manager of the Bali Police Narcotics Unit, said during a quality league successful Denpasar connected Feb. 7.

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British nationals Phineas Float, right, Lisa Stocker and Jonathan Collyer permission the courtroom aft their archetypal proceedings proceeding astatine Denpasar District Court successful Denpasar, Bali, connected Tuesday.  (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

The charges against the trio were announced connected Tuesday successful a Bali courtroom. If convicted, they could look the death penalty. In Indonesia, cause smugglers are sometimes executed by mode of a firing squad.

A sheet of 3 judges adjourned the proceedings until June 10, erstwhile the tribunal volition perceive to grounds from witnesses.

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British nationals Lisa Stocker, left, Jonathan Collyer and Phineas Float astatine their proceedings proceeding astatine Denpasar District Court successful Denpasar, Bali.  (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

According to the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, determination are presently 530 radical connected decease enactment successful Indonesia, including 96 foreigners, mostly for drug-related crimes, the AP reported.

The past executions successful Indonesia were of an Indonesian and 3 foreigners, which were carried retired successful July 2016.

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, from Great Britain, has been connected decease enactment successful Indonesia for implicit a decade. 

Sandiford was arrested successful 2012 aft she was discovered to beryllium successful possession of much than 8 pounds of cocaine successful the lining of her luggage astatine Bali’s airport.

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The highest tribunal successful Indonesia upheld the decease condemnation for Sandiford successful 2013.

The United Nations Office connected Drugs and Crime says Indonesia is simply a large drug-smuggling hub contempt having immoderate of the strictest cause laws successful the world, successful portion due to the fact that planetary cause syndicates people its young population.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.