Jakarta, Indonesia
AP
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A British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement signed Tuesday between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8 kilograms (8.4 pounds) of cocaine worth $2.5 million hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children.
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
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