British girl accused of smuggling medicine in Sri Lanka in suitcase

A British girl has been arrested in Sri Lanka, when the police allegedly discovered 101LBS (46 kg) of Synthetic Drug Kush of their suitcases.

Custom authorities posed for work with medicine luggage, which they tried to smuggle the nation earlier this month at Li at 21 -year -old Charlotte from South London.

The former flight attendant denied that his suitcases had medicine and say they imagine that he was put in there.

Ms. Lee is being held in a jail north of Colombo, the capital of the South Asian nation, and has contact along with her household, her lawyer advised the BBC. She can face a jail of as much as 25 years if discovered responsible.

His authorized consultant, Sampat Perera, stated that the BBC was going every day in jail in Negombbo metropolis to supply assist and monitor his good.

A senior official of the Sri Lanka customs drug management unit stated that on May 5, the seizure at Bandranaik Airport in Colombo was the most important in its historical past.

Ms. Lee advised on-line mail on Wednesday: “I never saw them [the drugs] First. I did not expect all this when they pulled me to the airport.

“I believed it was going to be stuffed with all my belongings.”

She told that she was in Thai Rajdhani, Bangkok before the flight, and packed her suitcase in her hotel room before going out for the night.

“They should have planted it then,” he said. “I do know who did this.”

Ms. Lee said that she did not check her bag again before going to Colombo, where she was arrested on 12 May.

Ms. Lee moved to Sri Lanka as her visa was about to end and she wanted a journey somewhere nearby before going to Thailand, she told the newspaper.

She said that she faces harsh conditions in jail, including gold on the concrete floor.

Ms. Lee has said that from the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, around the same time, another British woman, Bella Coolie, 18, Billingham, County Durham, was flown as, Who is being held in Georgia on suspicion of drug crimes,

A senior Sri Lankan Customs officer told the BBC: “The identical day, one other passenger who got here out of Bangkok Airport, was arrested on the identical time, in a foreign country. We arrested the girl. [Ms Lee] Based on profiles. ,

He stated that there was an enormous improve in medicines in Sri Lanka by Bangkok.

“This has been a real disturbance.”

If discovered responsible, Ms. Coolie could must face jail or life imprisonment for 20 years.

He was being detained earlier than the take a look at, whereas the authorities investigated that Hashish's 26LBS (12 kg) present in a journey bag is Marijuana and 4.4LBS (2KG), and was she planning at hand over it to another person.