A WOMAN from Breconshire has been jailed for 14 years for smuggling 1.4kg (3lb) of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia.

Andrea Waldeck, who is originally from Talgarth, near Brecon was found guilty of smuggling and also fined £100,000 by a court in Surabaya City, East Java on Wednesday, January 22.

The 43-year-old's lawyer previously told the court she was 'a victim' of a drugs gang.

Ms Waldeck, who now lives in Gloucestershire, had faced a possible death sentence after being arrested at a hotel in East Java in April 2013.

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.

A former police community support worker with Gloucestershire Police until February 2012, it is believed Ms Waldeck, who has family residing in the Brecon area, had been living in China prior to her arrest, teaching English.