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Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death...

Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death penalty for Brazilian national Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira on trial for trying to smuggle 13 kilograms (29

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Indonesian prosecutors said they were seeking the death penalty for Brazilian national Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira on trial for trying to smuggle 13 kilograms (29.5 pounds) of cocaine into the country in a hang-glider frame.
"We demanded that the judges decide for the heaviest sentence, the death sentence," prosecutor Edrizal told AFP.
Edrizal, addressing Tanggerang district court, submitted there was enough evidence to show that Moreira tried to smuggle the drug through Jakarta international airport in August 2003.
"His action could have seriously threatened the lives of so many people in Indonesia, including youths, and he also tried to escape the hands of the law," Edrizal said, afer being asked why he sought the death sentence.
The court was earlier told that Moreira, from Rio de Janeiro, had concealed the drug in the hang-glider frame. But airport security officers became suspicious because of its weight.
Moreira fled after pretending he was going to get a customs declaration form. Police found him in the eastern island of Sumbawa later in August 2003.
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  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 12/05/2004)