Drug mule’s return a step closer

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

Drug mule’s return a step closer

All necessary paperwork has been sent to Peruvian authorities considering the application for transfer, a letter from the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has disclosed.

Melissa Reid, from Scotland, and McCollum, from Dungannon, were impris-oned in 2013 for six years and eight months after admitting trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.9m from Peru to Spain.

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