Two women suspected of trying to smuggle 1.7 million euro worth of cocaine out of Peru have reportedly been formally charged overnight.
Michaela McCollum from Co Tyrone and Melissa Reid from Scotland face charges of drug trafficking in Lima.
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The pair, aged 20, arrived in court in the last few hours and are being detained in a holding cell as a Judge deliberates on their case.
If convicted, they could be jailed for up to 15 years.
Dan Collins is a journalist based in Lima – he says the women were jostled by the media as they arrived in court earlier – and their families were not allowed inside.
