Lindsay Sandiford, seen here in this 2013 file image, was convicted of smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine into the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Firdia Lisnawati/AP/File Jakarta, Indonesia AP —

A British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement signed Tuesday between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.

Lindsay Sandiford , 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012. She was arrested at the resort island’s airport after authorities found 3.8 kilograms (8.4 pounds) of cocaine worth $2.5 million hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, she said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children.

She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highe

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