For the last three weeks, a young British woman held in Sri Lankan jail for the last three weeks may still be away from bail hearing after her arrest for alleged smuggling of £ 1.2 meters. Synthetic cannabis In his luggage, his lawyer told Independent,
Lee in Charlot, 21, a former cabin attendant from the south LondonOn May 12, Bandranic was arrested at Bandranic International Airport in Colombo, Sri LankaAfter reaching a flight BangkokShe is allegedly detained on remand to carry a 46 kg cannabis in her two suitcases.
His lawyer, senior advocate, Sampat Perera said that the 21 -year -old is “copying” because she gets used to her position, although she would not say that she was in a “absolutely good situation”.
“She is fixing and adjusting in a third world completely different and in foreign environment,” Mr. Perera said IndependentA young woman can be expected a lot in such circumstances.
Ms. Lee has refused to learn about the presence of alleged drugs in her belongings.
Mr. Perera said that the Surrey women remain in jail in Negombbo, which is a city north of the capital, and has not yet been charged as a police in Colombo.
He said that the report would confirm whether the contents of his belongings were really banned and illegal substances.
He said, “I submitted an application during the last court hearing, requesting that the alleged drugs be sent to the Government Analyst Department for analysis and the resulting report should be submitted to the court.”
The next step in the case would have to file a bail application for Ms. Lee, Mr. Perera said, but he warned that it may take two to three months to secure her release on bail based on this process.
He said, “He is innocent until he was proved guilty. The matter has been given international attention and has endangered my customer’s safety and privacy, which is still suspicious and not charged,” he said that his family in Britain is “suffering” because of the media’s attention.
Ms. is a former cabin crew member for Lee Tui And has been working as a beautician since then. She faces a 25 -year prison when found guilty.
She was allegedly holidaying Thailand And then came to Sri Lanka as his 30-day visa was about to end, after renewing it with the intention of returning to Thailand afresh. He left Surrey, EnglandFor Thailand in late April.
Wearing an all-white dress and her hands were behind her, Ms. Lee was first seen after her arrest while appearing in her procedural court on 30 June last Friday.
Action was taken in the countryman Sinhalese, while she was standing in the witness box, she broke into tears.
According to Sri Lankan laws, as long as she is in custody on remand, she will have to appear in court every 14 days. His next hearing is on 13 July.
Ms. Lee is in touch with her family in the UK, but she is not yet allowed “e-visits” that will include video calls with family or friends. Mr. Perera said that there is a possibility of visiting Colombo soon to help his sister sign the paperwork to do so.
Kush is a drug addiction synthetic drug that is spreading quickly in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leon, where it first appeared in 2022 and has lost thousands of people since then.
It is used as a depression with a promise of a tension relieving a stress, but it is used in brutal chemicals such as pioed tramdol, fentaneel, and formalin, to preserve a body such as a chemical. Cheap and excessive intoxication, synthetic Kush is often associated with organized smuggling networks.
Media reports have suggested that investigators are considering whether Ms. Lee’s case is connected 18 year old Bela CoolieWhich is being held in one Georgia Jail on suspicion of drug crimes.
The two were arrested within a day of each other, both of them out of the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok alone in Thailand.
Ms. Coolie has to face up to 20 years – or life imprisonment – is found guilty for illegally buying and storing drugs and importing into Georgia illegally.
Pictures of the alleged drug hall of Ms. Coolie showed a hematically seal package with the word “Hash” written on brown coverings.
In the case of Ms. Lee, photographs published by Sri Lankan Customs Drug Control Unit suggested a professional job to alleged drugs found in the vacuum of their belongings packed in plastic bags.
Independent The British have reached the High Commission in Colombo.
