Sharp rise in Brits arrested overseas for smuggling drugs
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The number of British nationals arrested overseas on drug smuggling offences has quadrupled in the last three years. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] New government data on consular cases involving Brits suggests young people are being promised free holidays and easy money in exchange for carrying luggage they think is full of clothes or even cash, but actually contains drugs. Most of the arrests were in Southeast Asia for cannabis smuggling charges. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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