Teenage 'drug smugglers' released in Ghana
Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 11:55
London students jailed in Ghana for trying to smuggle cocaine released
Two 17-year-old London students jailed in Ghana for trying to smuggle £300,000 worth of cocaine out of the country have been released.
Yasemin Vatansever and Yatunde Diya, from Islington, north London, were detained at Accra Airport in July last year while trying to board a London-bound flight.
The teenagers denied attempting to smuggle 6kg of cocaine out of Ghana and maintained they had been set up and unaware the drugs were in their luggage.
In January, the girls were sentenced to one year in prison after being found guilty of drug possession and trafficking.
Reports claim they are now due to return to the UK at the end of this month.
The teenager's were originally arrested as part of Operation Westbridge – a joint UK-Ghanaian project to tackle drug trafficking in the country.