CAIRO, Jan 8 — A Cairo court has sentenced to life in prison a Ukrainian woman arrested at the Egyptian capital’s airport with a bag of cocaine, a judicial source said...
CAIRO, Jan 8 — A Cairo court has sentenced to life in prison a Ukrainian woman arrested at the Egyptian capital’s airport with a bag of cocaine, a judicial source said today.
Liudmyla Balakina, who lives in the Netherlands, had been convicted of drug smuggling following her arrest in April upon arrival from Qatar with “four kilograms of cocaine” in her luggage, the source told AFP.Balakina had confessed in court to “meeting an Egyptian abroad, who took advantage of her need for money”, state media reported.In 2019, Egypt increased punishment for drug smugglers to include the death penalty.
Eight foreigners were sentenced to death last year for smuggling more than two tonnes of heroin via the Red Sea. — AFP
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