British Men Jailed for Bali Cocaine Smuggling

0:00Reporting from the Daily News Now, I'm Cory with the latest UK headlines brought to you by NordVPN. If you use public Wi-Fi or care about your privacy on mine, NordVPN helps keep your connection, secure across all your devices, links in the episode description. Two British men have been sentenced to prison in Indonesia for smuggling cocaine into Bali. 29-year-old Kiyal Garth Robinson from Little Hampton got 11 years, while 48-year-old Paran Ezra Wilkinson from Chichester received. Nine years. Both must pay a fine of about 45,000 pounds or face an extra 190 days behind bars. Robinson was caught last September at Bali's main airport, with 1.3 kilograms of the drug hidden in his backpack. He'd flown from Barcelona and plans to hand it off to Wilkinson, who arrived days earlier and was nabbed nearby the next day. Officials say the pair were longtime friends living in Thailand, who linked up in Spain shortly before the trip.

1:00Robinson's lawyer argued he was just a courier, pressured into it by a syndicate, lured by $5,000 plus debt relief and unaware of the. Exact contents. Still, the court highlighted the threat to Indonesia's drug crackdown, leading to the tough penalties. Indonesia enforces some of the world's harshest drug laws, where trafficking can mean execution, though they pause death sentences since 20-17. Meanwhile, other Brits caught smuggling last year, got off with just 12 months and possible early release. Recent moves by President Prabal Wosu-Bianto's team to send drug offenders home could offer these men a path out eventually, but for now, there. Settling in for long stretches far from home. From home. From home. From home. From home.