Customs officers say a 21-year-old British woman was stopped with 101 pounds of kush — a synthetic drug containing powerful opioids — packed in two suitcases.

The young British woman was arrested in Sri Lanka earlier this month with more than 100 lbs of the deadly synthetic drug kush in her luggage. Instagram/@charlottemaylee “I had never seen them ...

He said there had been a massive increase in drugs coming via Bangkok into Sri Lanka. "This has been a real nuisance." Ms Culley could face up to 20 years in jail or life imprisonment if found guilty.

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