Advertisement

Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

Support us today
Not now
Monday 29 May 2023 Dublin: 14°C
Martin Mejia via Press Association Images
# Peru
Sentence today for two women caught with drugs in Peru
Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid were caught with cocaine hidden in their luggage.

TWO WOMEN CAUGHT with drugs in Peru will today find out how long they will spend in jail.

Michaella McCollum, 20, and Melissa Reid, 20, admitted trying to smuggle drugs out of Peru in August.

The pair were arrested after 11.5kg of cocaine was found hidden in food packets in their luggage.

McCollum from Dungannon, Co Tyrone and Reid from Glasgow, had been working in Ibiza during the summer.

In September, both women took  full responsibility for drug trafficking but before that they claimed that they were kidnapped at gunpoint by Colombian drug lords and forced to carry the illegal substances.

Michaella McCollum pleads guilty to drug offences in Peru>

Pics: Michaella and Melissa arrive in Peruvian court over drug trafficking charges>

Your Voice
Readers Comments
89