The mother of a British woman who was allegedly caught trying to smuggle £3.5million worth of cocaine in her suitcases in the US has said she believes her daughter is innocent.
Kim Hall, 28, had travelled from Mexico to Chicago’s O’Hare airport where she was due to get on her connecting flight home to Manchester.
Homeland Security investigators detained the beautician, from Middlesborough, after they reportedly discovered 43kg of cocaine packed in two suitcases.
From prison, Ms Hall claimed she believed she had been carrying cash from real estate deals and did not know the true content of what was inside the cases, the Mirror reports.
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