Two British teenagers jailed in Ghana for drug smuggling will be free to come home in less than three months, it emerged today.

Prosecutors in Ghana finished examining witnesses today in the trial of two British teenage girls accused of trying to smuggle £300,000 (€444,000) worth of cocaine to the UK in laptop bags.

The trial of two teenage British girls accused of attempting to smuggle £300,000 (€448,000) worth of cocaine to Britain began in a Ghana court today, officials said.

Two 16-year-old British girls agreed to carry £300,000 (€440,000) worth of cocaine in suitcases and laptops in return for a paid holiday, British and Ghanaian customs officials said today.