Brit ‘drug mule' Charlotte May Lee, 21, tears up as cops wheel £1.2m kush haul into court she ‘didn't know was in case'
A BRIT former flight attendant accused of smuggling £1.2 million worth of cannabis today appeared in front of a Sri Lankan court.
Part-time beautician Charlotte May Lee was seen tearing up as she was wheeled into the court by local cops.
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The Brit was arrested last week after cops found two suitcases stuffed with 46kg of synthetic drug kush — which is 25 times more potent than opioid fentanyl.
If found guilty, South Londoner Charlotte could face a 25-year sentence.
She appeared in front of a court today after languishing in a 'hell-hole' prison for days.
Charlotte from Surrey was stopped by Sri Lankan customs officials after stepping off a flight from Thailand on Monday last week.
Speaking from behind bars, she said she had "no idea" that there were drugs in her luggage when she left Bangkok.
She claimed: "I had never seen them 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.
"I had been in Bangkok the night before and had already packed my clothes because my flight was really early.
"So I left my bags in the hotel room and headed for the night out. As they were already packed I didn't check them again in the morning."
The young Brit believes those packets of drugs were planted in her luggage in a planned move by dangerous dealers in Southeast Asia.
Kush, a highly addictive synthetic drug, has claimed the lives of thousands in West Africa where it first appeared in 2022 - and is spreading globally at an alarming rate.
The dirt-cheap drug is cut with an array of additives including acetone, the opioid tramadol and formalin, a toxic chemical commonly used to preserve bodies in mortuaries.
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