UK 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.
She has reportedly been accused by Sri Lankan authorities of attempting to bring two suitcases containing 46kg (101lbs) of the cannabis strain kush into the country.
A statement from the UK 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.”
Kush is a synthetic mixture of cannabis, fentanyl, tramadol and formaldehyde. It has been blamed for wreaking havoc in west Africa, where some reports suggest it is estimated to kill around a dozen people each week and hospitalise thousands in Sierra Leone alone.
Lee is reportedly a former cabin crew member for TUI and has since been working as a beautician. (The Guardian)
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