83 m. ago Family of 'intelligent' Brit, 18, charged with smuggling 30lb of cannabis into Georgia fear they may 'never see her again' and say 'someone must have taken advantage of her'

Bella May's grandfather William Culley, 80, sobbed as he told the Mail how distraught family members remained not knowing how the youngster came to be in Georgia saddled with drugs

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5 h. ago 'Terrified' British student, 18, says she is pregnant as she appears in court on drugs charges after vanishing in Thailand then reappearing in Georgia accused of smuggling 30lb of cannabis

'Terrified' Bella May Culley, 18, faces being caged in an overcrowded ex-Soviet jail after being arrested on drug smuggling charges. She told a court that she was pregnant and refused to answer questions

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8 h. ago British teenager faces years in 'hellhole' jail in Georgia after being arrested ‘for smuggling cannabis’

Bella May Culley, 18, who reportedly vanished while on holiday in Thailand, allegedly carried 13 kilos of drugs into Eastern Europe

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13 h. ago Brit teen Bella May Culley faces LIFE in hellhole jail after arrest in Georgia 'on drug offences'

Bella May Culley, from Billingham, County Durham, was reported missing in Thailand but it has now emerged she has been detained more than 4,000 miles away in Georgia

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14 h. ago Bella May Culley who vanished on Thai holiday faces LIFE in hellhole ex

Bella May Culley, 18, sparked a massive international search operation in recent days after she was reported missing while she was believed to be holidaying in Thailand.

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26 h. ago British woman, 19, faces life imprisonment after she is accused of smuggling 30lb of cannabis into ex

The woman - identified as B.K. - could face 20 years jail or even life imprisonment, said the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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3 w. ago Drug mule who 'ran out of money' while on holiday in Thailand caught trying to smuggle 48kg of cannabis through Manchester Airport

Bernard Kennedy, 46, travelled from Bangkok via Dubai but was left waiting at Manchester Airport when his suitcases were delayed on March 20 this year.

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4 w. ago American arrested for smuggling 23kg cannabis into Sri Lanka

Customs officials estimate street value of seized narcotics at about £582,000

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