British ex-PCSO faces death penalty for 'drug trafficking in Indonesia after £3k of crystal meth was found in her underwear'
- Andrea Ruth Waldeck, 43, was arrested in April after tip off to police
- Trial began on Monday and prosecutors say she faces firing squad if guilty
- Worked for Gloucestershire Police until February last year
25 September 2013: A former police community support officer is facing the death penalty after allegedly smuggling drugs into Indonesia in her underwear.
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| Andrea Waldeck (right) appears at court in Indonesia |
After leaving her job as a PCSO last year, Waldeck crossed the globe to become part of an ‘evil conspiracy’ involving an Indonesian drug-smuggling gang, according to prosecutors.
If found guilty, she will become the second British woman facing the firing squad in Indonesia for drug-smuggling.
Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death in January after cocaine worth an estimated £1.6millon was found in the lining of her suitcase.
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| Andrea Waldeck worked as a PCSO for Gloucestershire Constabulary until she left the force in February 2012 |
Waldeck has told authorities that she was ordered to deliver 3lb (1.47kg) of the highly addictive drug, known as crystal meth, to Indonesia by her boyfriend.
She is thought to have been living with the man, whose nationality is not known, in Dongguan in China before flying to Indonesia to meet drug-dealing gangsters.
Waldeck, who was declared bankrupt in 2009 with debts of more than £120,000, had previously lived and worked in Cheltenham. She left Gloucestershire Police in February last year.
Prosecutors say she initially evaded customs officials at Juanda Airport while hiding four packets of drugs in her underwear.
She was arrested in April at her hotel room in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, after police received a tip-off.
Officers raided her room after she rang an associate in China to arrange for someone to pick up the crystal meth, it is alleged.
On a Facebook profile, which appears to have been set up by Waldeck in July, she apologised to family and friends: ‘I’m so very sorry I’ve disappointed you all’.
Prosecutor Deddy Agus Aktavianto said Waldeck will face execution by firing squad if convicted, due to the quantity of drugs she was allegedly carrying and the likelihood of trafficking.
Her trial began this week at Surabaya district court and Waldeck is expected to give a statement next Monday, he said.
Her brother Mark Waldeck, of Brecon, Powys, said yesterday: ‘We don’t want to talk about it until the trial is over.’ He said his sister is being assisted by London-based legal charity Reprieve.
The British Embassy has been aware of Waldeck’s case since shortly after her arrest and has provided consular assistance.
Courtesy: Mail Online
