New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- Two British nationals who were imprisoned in Indonesia on drug charges were returning to the United Kingdom early on Friday following an agreement between the two nations.

Indonesian authorities escorted Lindsay Sandiford and Shahab Shahabadi to the airport on the tourist island of Bali ahead of their flight home.

Sandiford, 69, was arrested in 2012 and has been held on death row for drug offenses. Shahab Shahabadi, 35, was serving a life sentence imposed in 2014.

The pair were on a flight leaving Bali early Friday, senior official Yusril Ihza Mahendra told The Associated Press. They will fly to Doha before continuing to London.

Mahendra, who is the coordinating minister for law, human rights, immigration and corr...