British man and Argentine woman go on trial in Bali accused of smuggling cocaine

British national Elliot James Shaw, left, and Argentine national Eleonora Gracia, right, who are accused of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia, sit on the defendants’ bench prior to the start of their trial hearing at the district court in Denpasar, Bali (AP)

A British man and an Argentine woman have gone on trial on charges of smuggling cocaine to the Indonesian tourist island of Bali.

Prosecutors say Eleonora Gracia, 46, was arrested in March at Bali’s airport with 244 grams (half a pound) of cocaine wrapped in a condom hidden in her vagina.