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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25839079
All sympathy drained away when I saw the PCSO bit. They are kind of like pretend cops in the UK, police assistants. They patrol the streets hassling kids but don't have any powers.
A British woman who smuggled 1.4kg (3lb) of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Former PCSO Andrea Waldeck, 43, from Gloucestershire, was found guilty of smuggling and also fined £100,000.
Her lawyer previously told the court she was "a victim" of a drugs gang.
Waldeck, who is originally from Talgarth in Powys, had faced a possible death sentence after being arrested at a hotel in East Java in April.
Last year, she told a court in Surabaya city that she had been coerced into carrying the drugs from China.
Police found the drugs hidden in her underwear in black bags, the court heard.
Indonesia has some of the toughest anti-drug laws in the world but death sentences are rarely carried out.
All sympathy drained away when I saw the PCSO bit. They are kind of like pretend cops in the UK, police assistants. They patrol the streets hassling kids but don't have any powers.