8 d. ago British woman held in Sri Lanka ‘could be months’ from bail hearing, lawyer warns

Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer tells The Independent

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8 d. ago British woman jailed in Sri Lanka on drug offences could be months from bail hearing, lawyer warns

Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer tells The Independent

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1 week ago Brit OAP 'Billy Boy' accused of £200k meth smuggling after 'losing life savings to fraudsters'

William Eastment, 79, was intercepted at Santiago Airport after allegedly being found with more than 5kg of methamphetamine, worth £200,000, hidden in his suitcase

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1 week ago Tottenham 'make direct contact' with Premier League manager as Ange Postecoglou waits to learn his fate

Postecoglou led Spurs to glory in the UEFA Europa League last month, ending the club's 17-year trophy drought and delivering on his promise of 'always' winning silverware during his second year in a job.

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2 w. ago London 'drug mule' tears up as she appears in court in Sri Lanka accused of smuggling £1.2 million of super

Charlotte May Lee, 21, was arrested at Bandaranaike Airport on May 11

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2 w. ago Brit 'drug mule' could face 25 years in Sri Lanka jail over 46kg suitcase haul

Charlotte May Lee has appeared in court after £1.2 million of the synthetic cannabis Kush was allegedly found in her suitcase when she landed in the country.

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2 w. ago Brit 'drug mule' Charlotte May Lee appears at Sri Lanka court over 46kg kush haul

Young Brit Charlotte May Lee - who has been accused of smuggling over 46kg of super-strength synthetic cannabis - appeared at a Sri Lankan court today

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3 w. ago Every parent's worst nightmare: Fears naive young Brits partying in Thailand are being targeted by gangs and duped into becoming drug mules after two women are 'caught smuggling narcotics'

The arrests of two young British women alleged to have been illegal drugs from Thailand have stoked fears tourists are being targeted by gangs to work as drug mules.

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3 w. ago Brit accused of smuggling drugs into Sri Lanka faces waiting a YEAR to learn her fate

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was arrested in the capital Colombo last week after police discovered 46 kg of 'Kush' in her suitcase.

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3 w. ago Brit accused of smuggling drugs into Sri Lanka 'is remanded into hell prison and warned she may have to wait a YEAR to learn her fate'

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London , was arrested in the capital Colombo last week after police discovered 46 kg of 'Kush' in her suitcase.

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3 w. ago All we know about Brit 'drug smuggler' Charlotte May Lee's jail hell as spicy prison meals make her sick

Former TUI stewardess, Charlotte May Lee, has been arrested in Sri Lanka and accused of smuggling £1.2 million of drugs into the country – here is everything we know

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3 w. ago London 'drugs mule', 21, breaks silence from hellhole Sri Lankan jail: 'I've not eaten for two days

Charlotte May Lee pleads innocence in first interview from behind bars in Sri Lanka’s Negombo Prison

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3 w. ago Charlotte May Lee LIVE: British 'drugs mule' speaks from behind bars at 'hellhole' Sri Lanka prison

Charlotte May Lee, who was allegedly caught with £1.2 million worth of cannabis at Bandaranaike Airport in Sri Lanka, faces years locked in a grim prison on the island

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3 w. ago British 'drugs mule', 21, speaks from behind bars in Sri Lanka hellhole prison to reveal HER side of the story

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London , was arrested in the capital Colombo last week after police discovered 46 kg of 'Kush' - a synthetic strain of cannabis - in her suitcase.

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3 w. ago TUI stewardess faces life in grim 'hellhole' prison for 'smuggling drugs'

Charlotte May Lee allegedly attempted to smuggle drugs with a value of £1.2million into Sri Lanka where she had flown from Thailand.

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3 w. ago Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlierWithin a day of Bella May Culley being arrested at a Georgian airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 14kg of cannabis, the same fate met another Briton 3,000 miles away.As Charlotte May Lee stepped off her flight at Bandaranaike International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka last Monday, the 21-year-old former cabin attendant was arrested for an alleged attempt to bring in £1.2m worth of a synthetic cannabis strain known as kush in her two suitcases. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ex TUI flight attendant facing jail after ‘trying to smuggle £1.2m drugs'

Charlotte May Lee was arrested in Sri Lanka after allegedly smuggling the highly addictive drug kush.

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3 w. ago Foreign office supporting British woman after reports of drug

Former cabin crew member Charlotte May Lee, 21, reportedly accused of trying to bring 46kg of cannabis strain kush into countryUK officials have said they are supporting a British woman arrested in Sri Lanka amid reports a former cabin crew member has been accused of smuggling cannabis into the South Asian country.MailOnline and the Sun reported that Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was detained at the main airport in the country’s capital Colombo on Monday after arriving on a flight from Bangkok. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ex Brit TUI host faces years in jail for 'smuggling drug haul from Thailand to Sri Lanka’

British woman, Charlotte May Lee was allegedly caught with 46kgs of drugs in her suitcases valued at £1.2million as she stepped off a flight from Thailand to Sri Lanka

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