British woman, 19, faces life imprisonment after she is accused of smuggling 30lb of cannabis into ex-Soviet republic Georgia

A 19-year-old British pistillate has been detained successful Tbilisi accused of carrying 14kg of cannabis into ex-Soviet republic Georgia.

The pistillate - identified arsenic B.K. - could look 20 years jailhouse oregon adjacent beingness imprisonment, said the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A video shows the handcuffed pistillate aft she was held astatine Tbilisi Airport.

'During the inspection, 34 hermetically sealed packages containing marijuana were recovered successful the passenger's bag, arsenic good arsenic 20 packages of hashish,' said a section report.

Footage showed the drugs allegedly carried by the woman.

She is accused of bringing 'a peculiarly ample magnitude of narcotic drugs to Georgia'.

The Interior Ministry said: 'B.K., calved successful 2006, is charged with illegally purchasing and storing a peculiarly ample magnitude of narcotics, illegally purchasing and storing the narcotic cause marijuana, and illegally importing it into Georgia.

'The committed transgression envisions up to 20 years - oregon beingness imprisonment.

'Law enforcement officers, arsenic a effect of the defendant's luggage inspection astatine Tbilisi International Airport, seized a peculiarly ample magnitude of the narcotic cause marijuana, up to 12 kilograms, and 2.068 kg of the narcotic cause hashish successful her question bag.'

Her luggage was identified arsenic suspicious during a scanner cheque astatine the airport, said the ministry's statement.

The ministry did not accidental wherever the pistillate was flying from erstwhile she was detained.

The probe is being conducted by the Central Criminal Police Department successful Tbilisi.

It comes conscionable 1 week aft a British antheral was hauled into tribunal successful Bali for allegedly smuggling a kilo of MDMA to the enactment land wherever cause crimes tin effect successful the decease penalty.

Thomas Parker, a 32-year-old electrician from Cumbria who is accused of trying to propulsion Class A drugs constabulary said they recovered successful a message package, appeared successful a achromatic garment and reddish waistcoat arsenic helium was hauled successful beforehand of a justice connected May 7. 

Parker, from the tiny colony of Seaton adjacent Workington, was arrested astatine an AirBnB successful the southbound of the Indonesian land successful January arsenic helium was allegedly collecting the package, which contained implicit a kilogram of the enactment cause on with 2 mobile phones.

Authorities claimed that officers had noticed him 'acting suspiciously' portion collecting a bundle from a motorcycle taxi operator connected January 21, earlier his arrest.

Police approached Parker, who allegedly discarded the bundle successful panic and fled the scene. He was traced backmost to the 7 Seas Villas successful North Kuta, wherever helium was arrested.

Indonesia is known for its harsh punishments for drugs crimes, which tin transportation penalties of decease by firing squad.

General Rudy Ahmad Sudrajat, of the Bali Province National Narcotics Agency, said of Parker's arrest: 'After conducting a hunt and arrest, Thomas and the grounds were taken to the Bali Province National Narcotics Agency bureau for investigation.'