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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maira Butt

British men jailed for smuggling 1.3kg of cocaine into Bali

  • Two British men, Kial Garth Robinson and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, have been jailed for a combined 20 years after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Bali, Indonesia.
  • Robinson, 29, received an 11-year sentence, and Wilkinson, 48, was handed a nine-year sentence, with both also ordered to pay a fine of approximately £45,000 or serve an additional 190 days in jail.
  • Robinson was arrested at Bali International Airport on 3 September 2025 after customs officers discovered 1.321g of cocaine in his bag.
  • Both men told authorities that Robinson had been recruited into the scheme by a man named Santos to transport the drugs from Barcelona to Bali.
  • Indonesia has some of the world's strictest drug trafficking laws, with the death penalty being the most severe punishment, though it has not been implemented since 2016.

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Two British men jailed for combined 20 years for smuggling cocaine into Bali

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