Drug arrest pair forced at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters, Archbishop claims

Two women held over suspected drug trafficking in Peru have claimed they were forced to act at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters, it was claimed tonight.

Drug arrest pair forced at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters, Archbishop claims

Two women held over suspected drug trafficking in Peru have claimed they were forced to act at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters.

A churchman who visited 20-year-old Irish woman Michaella McCollum Connolly and 19-year-old Melissa Reid from Scotland in a police holding centre in Lima said the two women had no choice but to follow orders.

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