17 May 2005 :
an Indonesian court sentenced two foreigners, a Brazilian and an Indian, to death for drug trafficking. The two foreigners were sentenced by the same panel of judges in two separate trials at the state district court in Tanggerang, Banten province.Rodrigo Gularte, 32, from Sao Paulo in Brazil, was found guilty trying to smuggle six kilograms of cocaine in July 2004, presiding judge Suprapto said.
Gurdip Singh, 38, an Indian national also known as Dishal, was found guilty of trying to act as a courier in smuggling 300 grams of heroin into the country in August 2004, the judge said.
Gularte demanded time to decide whether to appeal while Singh immediately said he would appeal. The prosecutors had recommended the death sentence for Gularte and a 20-year jail sentence for Singh.
The Brazilian was arrested at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta international airport on July 31, 2004 after he was found to have tried to smuggle the six kilograms of cocaine in a surf board.
Singh was caught with the heroin in two small packages inside his socks during a check at the same airport on August 28. He later told the police he was paid by a Pakistani national 2,000 dollars to smuggle the heroin.