Two women arrested over Peruvian cocaine smuggling appear in court

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m from Peru have appeared in court.

Michaella McCollum-Connolly, 20, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone and Melissa Reid, 20, from Glasgow, have spent the last two weeks in custody over drug trafficking allegations.

The pair were arrested while trying to board a flight from Lima to Madrid. Peruvian police said they found around 11kg (24lb) of cocaine hidden inside food packages.