Drugs mule Melissa Reid is to be released from jail in Peru after authorities agreed to expel her from the country.

Michaella McCollum, the drug mule from Co Tyrone released from prison in Peru last week, has insisted she is a good person who who “didn’t understand the consequences of a bad decision”.

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A row has emerged over the cost of the transfer of Michaella McCollum to a jail in the North.

The repatriation of Tyrone-born drugs mule Michaella McCollum to the North from Peru has been approved by Stormont’s justice minister.

Peru drugs mule Michaella McCollum’s repatriation to a Northern Ireland jail has been given the go-ahead by the head of the prison service in Belfast.

Convicted drug smuggler Michaella McCollum is set to be transferred from Peru to a jail in Northern Ireland.

Tyrone woman, Michaella McCollum, who was jailed for drug smuggling in Peru last year is to be transferred to a prison in the North.

Irish drugs mule Michaella McCollum was lucky she wasn’t put behind bars for 20 years, according to the Peru’s former drug czar.

The family of one of two women sentenced to almost seven years in jail for trying to smuggle €1.75m of cocaine out of Peru has insisted she is innocent.

The family of Michaella McCollum - the Tyrone woman sentenced to almost seven years in jail for trying to smuggle €1.7m of cocaine out of Peru has insisted she is innocent.

Drug mules Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid could face a six-month investigation if their guilty pleas are not accepted, the Peruvian prosecutor in charge of their case has said.

A former boyfriend of drugs mule Michaella McCollum has claimed her party girl public image was not a true reflection of her character.

Peruvian prosecutors are objecting to the guilty pleas of two women caught trying to smuggle 24lb of cocaine to Spain.

The Irish and Scottish women accused of attempting to smuggle €1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru have pleaded guilty, court officials said.

An Irish woman and a Scottish woman have pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru, sources said tonight.

The Monaghan-born woman arrested on drugs charges in South America is expected to change her plea to guilty later today.

The prosecutor handling the case two women arrested in Peru last month has said he does not believe that they were coerced into carrying the drugs or in any way threatened.

The prosecutor overseeing the case of two women arrested last month trying to fly to Spain with 24lb of cocaine says each faces at least six years and eight months in prison with no eligibility for parole if they plead guilty.

The family of one of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have said she will plead guilty to “play the game” and avoid a heftier sentence.

The father of one of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru has called on British and Spanish police to investigate the case.

A lawyer for one of the suspected drug mules being held in a Peruvian prison has said she is confident her story of coercion will be proven.

The father of one of the two women awaiting trial for trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru said they should plead guilty.

A third woman has told how she was targeted by the same gang said to have forced Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum to smuggle cocaine.

The two young women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.75m out of Peru have given detailed accounts of how they were allegedly forced to carry the drugs.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been refused bail and could spend up to three years in prison awaiting trial, it has emerged.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been formally charged, prosecutors have said.

Two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug-trafficking have appeared before the country's district attorney.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine from Peru are thought to have been taken to the District Prosecutor in Lima.

An Irishwoman and her friend, arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m from Peru could find out today if they are to be charged.

A solicitor for an Irish woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine is in Peru to discuss the case with authorities.

Journalists have spoken to the 20-year-old Irishwoman being held on suspicion of drug trafficking in Peru who said she and her friend were forced to smuggle cocaine at gunpoint.

Video footage has emerged of Michaella McCollum-Connolly and Melissa Reid being questioned at Lima International airport.