A district court in Bali has sentenced several foreign nationals to prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Indonesia, a country globally known for its strict drug enforcement policies.

Three British citizens — Jonathan Collyer (28), Lisa Stocker (29), and Phineas Float (31) — were each handed one-year prison sentences after initially facing more severe charges that could have resulted in the death penalty. Authorities arrested the trio in February after discovering nearly one kilogram of cocaine concealed in dessert mix sachets. With time already served, the three are expected to be released in about seven months.

In separate rulings, Argentine national Eleonora Gracia (46) received a seven-year sentence for smuggling 244 grams of cocaine, while British national Elliot Shaw (50) was sentenced to five years in prison and fined heavily for a similar offense.

The crackdown continues as customs officers arrested two more suspects on July 13: a Brazilian man found with over three kilograms of cocaine and a South African woman allegedly hiding nearly a kilo of the drug in her underwear.

Indonesia enforces some of the world’s toughest drug laws, with more than 500 people — including around 100 foreign nationals — currently on death row. Despite a moratorium on executions since 2017, drug offenses are still met with severe penalties, reaffirming the government’s uncompromising stance on narcotics.