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Sophie Charlotte Lane from Sunderland arrested in Lima after allegedly trying to smuggle 3.7 kilos of cocaine out of Peru

17-year-old British girl has been arrested in Lima after allegedly trying to smuggle 3.7 kilos of cocaine out of Peru. The teenager, who was travelling alone and gave her name as Sophie Charlotte Lane, was intercepted as she tried to board a KLM flight to Amsterdam. Police stopped her after spotting 'a suspicious stain' on one of her bags as it passed through an X-ray machine at the Jorge Chavez International airport. She has reportedly told police she had a connecting flight from Amsterdam to Madrid and had been asked to deliver the bag to the Spanish capital.The Foreign Office confirmed there had been an arrest, but would not confirm the name. Police have seized 840kg of drugs at the airport this year and 168 'mules', including 35 women, have been arrested.The family of a 17-year-old British girl being held in Peru for allegedly trying to smuggle £185,000 worth of cocaine out of the country last night insisted she is innocent.Sophie Lane was arrested at Lima Airport after allegedly attempting to board a plane with nearly 4kg of the drug hidden in a bag.Police swooped when they saw a "suspicious stain" on her luggage.The teenager from Sunderland was on holiday with friends and last night mum Lorraine said she believed her daughter had done nothing wrong."My daughter would not do something like this and we fear she has been tricked in some way."Commander Jaime Montes, leading the investigation, said of the drug find: "The girl acted very surprised, as if she had no idea it was there."
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