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A Peruvian woman has been accused of attempting to smuggle $70,000-worth (\u00a352,000) of cocaine and ecstasy into Bali, concealed in her underwear and a sex toy.<\/p>\n
The woman, who was only identified by the initials N.S., was stopped by customs officials who felt she was acting oddly, police said.<\/p>\n
“The narcotics were hidden in six plastic packages wrapped in black duct tape inside a green bra, three similar packages in black underwear, and a sex toy containing drugs, which was inserted into her body,” Radiant, Bali police’s narcotics unit director, who goes by one name, told reporters.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old has been charged under Indonesia’s drug laws, and if found guilty could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Radiant said that 1.4kg (3.1lb) of cocaine and 43 ecstasy pills were found in total.<\/p>\n
He added that the woman revealed she had been paid $19,000 to smuggle the drugs into Bali by someone she met on the dark web in April.<\/p>\n
She took a flight from Barcelona, Spain, to the Indonesian island with a stopover in Doha, police said, arriving at the international airport on 12 August.<\/p>\n
The woman was arrested shortly after being stopped at the airport, when customs officials alerted police.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is known for the severe punishments it hands out for drug smuggling and has previously executed foreigners, but has upheld a temporary halt on the death sentence since 2017.<\/p>\n
Last month, three British nationals avoided the death penalty after they were found guilty of smuggling cocaine disguised as packets of Angel Delight <\/a>into Indonesia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n