Family’s concern and search for missing couple in Bali ends in horror discovery

Family and friends of a couple who they hadn’t heard from after arriving in Bali have been given a shocking update on their whereabouts.

The whereabouts of a British couple, whose friend put out a public plea on social media to help locate the pair in Bali after they went AWOL, are now known.

Shockingly, the couple were actually uncontactable because they’d been arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly AU$600,000 worth of cocaine onto the island.

The plea, posted by a friend on a popular Bali Travellers Facebook group, asked for any intel or assistance in locating Lisa Stocker, 39, and Jon Collyer, 37, who had travelled from the UK to the popular tourist destination.

“We have not heard from them at all and neither have their family,” the post read alongside an image of Ms Stocker and Mr Collyer.

“They were going to catch a random taxi from the airport … please help us find them we are incredibly worried about their safety and whereabouts.”

There was a plea on social media to help locate the pair.

Police allege Mr Collyer and Ms Stocker brought cocaine disguised as Angel Delight into Bali.

According to The Sun, the couple — along with a third unidentified British man — were allegedly arrested and paraded through the streets of Indonesia after police seized 994.56g of cocaine worth an estimated AU$600,000.

The couple along with the unidentified third man could face life prison - or even the death penalty - in highly strict Indonesia.

A friend put out a concerning post on a Bali Traveller's Facebook group page after not hearing from Ms Stocker and Mr Collyer.

According to The Times, Ms Stocker and Mr Collyer were reportedly caught by Indonesian authorities at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on February 1, after security at the X-ray machine noticed “suspicious” items in their suitcases.

Stoker was paraded by police in Bali.

Stoker was paraded by police in Bali.

According to AKBP Ponco Indriyo, the deputy director of Bali police force, claimed the couple had flown from England to Bali, with a layover in Doha.

“The drugs were brought from England via the Doha International Airport in Qatar, then to Indonesia,” he said.

“The method of concealment is to put the drugs, packed in food packaging, in a suitcase.

“The drugs were to be sold on Bali island, but were intercepted by customs and police officers.”

According to local media, the couple allegedly disguised it as Angel Delight — a powdered dessert popular in the UK.

Stoker was paraded by police in Bali.

Indonesia has some of the strictest drug laws in the world.

Drug traffickers, especially those caught with large quantities, may face execution by firing squad.

If the quantity is large but not enough for the death penalty, life in prison is a common sentence.

Even possession can result in lengthy prison terms.

It has not yet been confirmed whether Stocker, Collyer, or the third unidentified man have been officially charged.

- with The Sun