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Bali Court Jails Two Britons for Cocaine Smuggling as Police Detail Separate 1.41kg Case

The verdicts highlight Indonesia's severe narcotics regime, with capital punishment still on the books despite a halt to executions since 2016.

Overview

  • Kial Garth Robinson, 29, was sentenced to 11 years and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, 48, to nine years by Denpasar District Court on 26 February.
  • Both men were ordered to pay fines of about £45,000 or serve an additional 190 days in prison.
  • Prosecutors said customs found roughly 1.321kg of cocaine in Robinson’s backpack at Bali’s airport on 3 September 2025, and that he was recruited by a man called Santos to bring the drugs from Barcelona to Wilkinson.
  • In a separate case, police arrested British national Baath Jarnail Singh, 53, on 14 February after finding about 1.41kg of cocaine in a suitcase in his Bali hotel room.
  • Denpasar police say Singh admitted preparing the cocaine into a paste for pickup and was promised HKD 50,000 after receiving IDR 10 million for expenses, with trafficking charges carrying possible death sentences under Indonesian law.