Two British Women Handed Jail Sentences in Peru For Drug Smuggling
Six years and eight months each
Two UK women caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru have been jailed for six years and eight months each.
Michaella McCollum, of Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Melissa Reid, of Lenzie, near Glasgow, both 20, admitted trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5m.
They were jailed for eight years each, but the sentences were reduced because of their guilty pleas.
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