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| UK drug smugglers jailed in Peru | UK drug smugglers jailed in Peru |
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| Two UK women caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru have been sentenced to six years and eight months each in prison, according to their lawyer. | |
| Michaella McCollum, of Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Melissa Reid, of Lenzie, near Glasgow, both 20, admitted trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5m. | Michaella McCollum, of Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Melissa Reid, of Lenzie, near Glasgow, both 20, admitted trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5m. |
| The pair, who have already spent more than four months in jail, faced a maximum sentence of 15 years. | The pair, who have already spent more than four months in jail, faced a maximum sentence of 15 years. |
| According to their lawyer they have received the minimum sentencing. | According to their lawyer they have received the minimum sentencing. |
| The women were caught with 11kg (24lb) of cocaine in their luggage. | |
| They were stopped and searched at Lima's international airport where the cocaine was found hidden inside packages of food. | |
| Police said they had been due to fly to Madrid, then onto Majorca. | |
| The women had reportedly told the Peruvian authorities they were working in Ibiza and did not meet before they were both kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to travel to Majorca. | |
| They claimed they were then sent to Peru and forced to carry the drugs in their luggage. | |
| But after they admitted the offences in September, their sentencing was delayed because prosecutors were not satisfied with the details of their confessions. |