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A British couple are facing decades in jail for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Bali by disguising it as Angel Delight.
Lisa Stocker, 39, from Gillingham, Kent, and Jon Collyer, 37, were reportedly caught carrying packs of the hard drug through the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, on February 1.
Officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding ‘suspicious’ items in their suitcases.
They were pulled to a separate area, where staff found the narcotics sealed in blue plastic packages labelled ‘Angel Delight’ in Collyer’s luggage. More cocaine was found in seven plastic bags in his partner’s suitcase.
Police said they seized 994.56g of cocaine worth an estimated six billion Indonesian rupiahs – around £296,000.
Worried friends had previously posted online appeals to find the couple after they ‘went off the grid’ unaware that they had been arrested and put in a police cell.
A third British suspect, named by local media as 31-year-old Phineas Float, was later detained as part of the investigation. He had reportedly been due to meet the couple to collect the drugs.
The trio were paraded in front of local media with other arrested drug suspects during a press conference on Friday. Float was seen laughing while he was paraded alongside Stocker and Collyer, who both remained sombre.
British couple Lisa Stocker, 39, and Jon Collyer, 37, are facing decades in jail for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Bali by disguising it as Angel Delight
Stocker and Collyer (pictured) were reportedly caught carrying packs of the hard drug through the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, on February 1
The are pictured being paraded in front of local media along with a third British suspect, named by local media as 31-year-old Phineas Float, during a press conference on Friday
AKBP Ponco Indriyo, Bali Police Deputy Director of Drug Investigation, said: ‘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.’
The police boss added that one of the suspects was involved in two other suspected drug trafficking cases.
He declined to give further details citing ongoing investigations.
The Brits are facing up to 20 years in prison under Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics, local media reported.
They were among 149 drug suspects arrested by Bali police during ‘Operation Antik Agung-2025’ in the past 16 days.
Authorities said 9.5 billion IDR of drugs, including 1.5 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 5.4 kg of marijuana, 540 ecstasy pills, and 994.56 grams of cocaine, were confiscated.
Lisa Stocker, Jonathan Collyer and Phineas Float are paraded in front of local media in Bali after being detained for allegedly smuggling cocaine into the country
Float appeared to be in high spirits during the press conference on Friday
Float was later seen chuckling and smiling – despite facing decades in prison
But Collyer appeared sombre as he was led through the media crowd
Stocker also appeared sombre as she looked to the ground while being paraded in front of the media crowd
Indonesia has some of the strictest drug laws in the world.
Drug traffickers, especially those caught with large quantities, may face execution by firing squad. If the quantity is large but not enough for the death penalty, life in prison is a common sentence.
Even possession can result in lengthy prison terms.
One Briton imprisoned over drug charges is grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, who has been living life as the ‘Queen’ of the Bali prison where she has been on death row for more than a decade.
Sandiford, 67, enjoys special benefits including medium-rare steak dinners and leading knitting circles to her fellow inmates, who have dubbed her ‘The Queen of Kerobokan Prison’ in Indonesia.
She has been imprisoned since 2013 for trying to smuggle £1.6million worth of cocaine into Indonesia in her suitcase.
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