The family of three Britons jailed in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling have said they are worried for their safety.
Jon Collyer, 38, and Lisa Stocker, 39 were arrested at Bali International Airport following the discovery of £300,000 worth of cocaine.
Phineas Float, 31 is said to have been due to receive the haul, which was concealed within packets of Angel Delight dessert powder.
Drug smuggling in Indonesia is punishable by a maximum sentence of death, with many caught importing lesser quantities imprisoned for life.
Convicted drug smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad.
But the nation has not carried out an execution since 2016 and in the last few months has repatriated several foreign convicts of drug offences.
Mr Collyer and his partner Ms Stocker, both from East Sussex, were stopped on arrival in Bali in February and were later allegedly found to be in possession of a total of 17 packages of cocaine, with a market value of £296,000.
Jon’s father Julian said he was in ‘deep shock’ for his son, with whom he had only been in contact once in the last three weeks.
He told MailOnline: ‘I’m very, very worried as any father or parent would be.’
An anonymous relative of Ms Stocker said the mother had been taken advantage of and that she ‘couldn’t sleep at night’ thinking about what might happen to her.
Dean, a friend of Jon’s said he was unaware the couple had travelled to Indonesia and said the situation was ‘an absolute mess’.
He added he was ‘horrified’ to learn they had both been arrested and charged with smuggling narcotics.
Several high profile foreign drug smugglers have been allowed to return home from Indonesia in recent months.
Serge Atlaoui, who was sentenced to death for drug offences in 2007, was repatriated to France in February.
Last December Philippine drug convict Mary Jane Veloso was returned to Manila after more than a decade on death row.
The trio are just three of many British nationals held abroad for drug smuggling offences.
Earlier this week it was reported a 21-year-old British woman was detained in Munich in April on suspicion of carrying cannabis on a flight from Thailand – where the drug was made legal in 2022.
Prisoners Abroad, a charity which represents British nationals detained overseas, said there had been a 60% increase in Britons arrested for drug offences in the last year.
It said eight out of 12 people it was supporting in Indonesia were arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.
It advised those holidaymakers and overseas visitors to check the laws and customs of the country they are travelling to, especially those with particularly strict regimes.
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