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

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

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.

One of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5m out of Peru is prepared to plead guilty in exchange for a short 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.