An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso...

An Indonesian court on sentenced Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian, to death after convicting him of trying to smuggle 13.4 kg (29.5 lb) of cocaine into the country in a hang-glider. Judges said Moreira, described by local media as a hang-gliding expert, hid the drugs in the frame of his hang-glider, which was searched at Jakarta's international airport in the satellite city of Tangerang in August 2003. It was one of Indonesia's biggest cocaine busts in recent years.
"He is guilty of importing a type one narcotic, cocaine, and the court punishes the defendant with the death penalty," said presiding judge Suprapto.
Suprapto said Moreira testified he brought the drugs from Peru to Indonesia to pay a hospital where he had to be treated for months after a hang-gliding accident.
Moreira, 42, gave a courteous hand gesture to the court after the verdict and his lawyer said he would appeal.
The judge chided Moreira for escaping at the airport in August when customs officers quizzed him about the hang-glider.
When officers asked to see his passport, Moreira fled. He was a fugitive for two weeks until police caught him on the remote island of Moyo in the east of the archipelago.