Police cast doubt on girls' drugs claims

Spanish police have cast doubt on claims by two women arrested in Peru for cocaine smuggling that they were forced to carry the drugs by armed gang members.

Police cast doubt on girls' drugs claims

Spanish police have cast doubt on claims by two women arrested in Peru for cocaine smuggling that they were forced to carry the drugs by armed gang members.

Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum Connolly said they were forced at gunpoint to make the journey from the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza – where they had been working in bars – after being befriended by a man from London.

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