Ex-flight attendant facing extreme prison sentence after allegedly smuggling deadly drug 'made of humans bones' into country
A British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka on suspicion of carrying 46kg of drugs into the country.
Earlier this month, Charlotte May Lee was arrested and detained on suspicion of smuggling 46 kilograms of drugs into Sri Lanka.
The 21-year-old former flight attendant from South London was stopped at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport and over $1.6 million worth of the synthetic cannabis strain kush - which can reportedly be made with 'human bones' - was allegedly discovered in her suitcases.
Lee has denied the accusations, with her lawyer claiming the drugs were planted without her knowledge.
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What have authorities said?
A statement from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting a British woman who has been arrested in Sri Lanka and are in contact with her family and the local authorities.”
A senior customs officer in Sri Lanka also told the BBC: "Another passenger who had left Bangkok airport, almost at the same time, was arrested in another country. We arrested this lady [Ms Lee] based on profiling."
If found guilty, The Telegraph reports that Lee could face up to 25 years in prison.
And Lee's lawyers have since spoken out too.
What have Lee's lawyers said?
A legal representative reportedly told the BBC that Lee remains in prison in the city of Negombo.
She's said to be in contact with her family and is being visited daily.
Lee herself told Mail Online: "I had never seen them [the drugs] before. I didn’t expect it all when they pulled me over at the airport.
"I thought it was going to be filled with all my stuff."
And Lee isn't the only young British woman to have been arrested this month on suspicion of drug offences.
Bella May Culley reported missing by her family while backpacking in Thailand before later being found in Georgia on May 10.
The 18-year-old was later discovered after being arrested at Tbilisi International Airport, Georgia.
It's reported by local media she was allegedly in possession of '34 hermetically sealed packages containing marijuana … as well as 20 packages of hashish'.
The Georgian interior ministry said in a statement: "B.K, born in 2006, is charged with illegally purchasing and storing a particularly large amount of narcotics, illegally purchasing and storing the narcotic drug marijuana, and illegally importing it into Georgia.
"The committed crime envisions up to 20 years - or life imprisonment."
A lawyer who spoke to the teen told The Sun that she believes she's been 'used and manipulated'.
Topics: World News, Drugs, Travel
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