The court appearance of an Irish woman and a Scottish woman accused of drug trafficking in Peru has been postponed until next week.
Police in Lima arrested Michaela McCollum from Tyrone and Melissa Reid from Scotland after they claimed the pair were carrying 11 kilos of cocaine in their luggage.
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The women say they and their families were threatened by a gang and were forced to smuggle the cocaine at gunpoint.
The Daily Mirror’s U.S. editor Chris Bucktin is in Lima – and interviewed the women in their police holding cell.
He says the case had been due to be heard today, but has now been postponed:
