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Three British nationals could face death by a execution squad after a kilogram, more than two pounds, of cocaine on the island of Bali in Indonesia.
Associated Press reported that the prosecutor I did Dipa Umbara said that Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1, after the customs officers arrested them in the X -ray machine when they found suspicious items disguised as food packages inside their luggage.
Umbara said to the District Court in Denpasar during an Court hearing on Tuesday that a result of the laboratory test confirmed 10 bags of “Angel Delight” mixture of the powder desert in Collyer's luggage, along with seven similar bags in the stock suitcase contained 993,56 grams, or 2.19 pounds, of cocaine, which are worth 6 billion rupees ($ 368,000).
Two days after Collyer and Stocker were arrested, the police arrested Phineas Ambrose Float, 31, after a delivery sting established by the police that involved the other two suspects by delivering the drug in the parking lot of a hotel in Denpasar.
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British citizens Phineas Flaat, on the left, Jonathan Collyer and Lisa Stocker sit inside the courtroom before the start of their trial hearing in the District Court of Denpasar in Denpasar, Bali, Tuesday. The trio is accused of smuggling more than two pounds of cocaine in Indonesia. (Photo AP/Fredia Lisnawati)
Float is being tested separately, according to Umbara.
Cocaine was transported from England to Indonesia through the Doha International Airport in Qatar, Umbara explained.
The trio successfully introduced cocaine in Bali on two previous occasions before being arrested in his third attempt, Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of the Narcotics Unit of the Bali Police, said during a press conference in Denpasar on February 7.
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The British nationals Phineas Flaat, right, Lisa Stocker and Jonathan Collyer leave the courtroom after their first trial hearing in the District Court of Denpasar in Denpasar, Bali, on Tuesday. (Photo AP/Fredia Lisnawati)
The charges against the trio were announced on Tuesday in a Bali court room. If it is declared guilty, they could face the death penalty. In Indonesia, drug traffickers sometimes run through a shooting squad.
A panel of three judges postponed the trial until June 10, when the court will hear the testimony of the witnesses.
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The British nationals Lisa Stocker, left, Jonathan Collyer and Phineas float at their trial hearing in the Denpasar District Court in Denpasar, Bali. (Photo AP/Fredia Lisnawati)
According to the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, there are currently 530 people in the death corridor in Indonesia, including 96 foreigners, mainly for drug -related crimes, AP reported.
The last executions in Indonesia were from an Indonesian and three foreigners, which were carried out in July 2016.
Lindsay Sandiford, 69, of Great Britain, has been in the death corridor in Indonesia for more than a decade.
Sandiford was arrested in 2012 after it was discovered that he was in possession of more than eight pounds of cocaine in the lining of his luggage at Bali airport.
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The highest court in Indonesia confirmed the death sentence by Sandiford in 2013.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that Indonesia is an important drug demand center despite having some of the strictest drug laws in the world, partly because international drug unions are directed to their young population.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
