Picture of misery: Woman facing death sentence in Bali after being found with 1,200 ecstasy pills in her stomach
By Daily Mail Reporter
20th December 2010
A Thai woman was arrested in Bali for smuggling drugs when she was found with almost 1,300 plastic-wrapped ecstasy pills in her stomach.
Shopawat Ueamduean, 24, was given a body search at Ngurah Rai Airport as she appeared nervous.
When officials felt her abdomen was hard, she was sent to a local hospital and 1,280 ecstasy pills were found in her stomach.
'The pills were in a number of plastic wraps which she swallowed about 90 times,' according to a customs official.
They weighed 402 grams (0.9 pounds) and were worth about 448 million rupiah (50,000 dollars, £33,000).
The woman, who said she is a dancer in Bangkok, told investigators that an Israeli man offered to pay her $656 (£424) to take the pills to Bali.
She now faces life in prison or a possible death sentence by firing squad if convicted under Indonesia's tough anti-drug laws.
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