Overview

• Jon Collyer, Lisa Stocker and Phineas Float were detained at Bali International Airport in February after police found 17 packages of cocaine hidden in dessert powder.
• Their trial opened on June 3 and has been paused until June 10, leaving them exposed to Indonesia’s maximum penalty of death if convicted.
• Despite no executions since 2016, Jakarta has recently repatriated several foreign drug convicts, raising uncertainty over how the case will conclude.
• Prisoners Abroad reports a 60% surge in Britons arrested for drug offenses abroad over the past year, underscoring a growing international trend.
• Relatives, including Jon’s father Julian, say they are in shock and fear for their loved ones as the next hearing approaches.