Croydon woman faces 20 years in Cambodia over 34.5kg cannabis find
Tamara Martins, a 31-year-old from Croydon, faces up to 20 years in a Cambodian prison after authorities found 34.5kg of cannabis in her luggage at Techo Airport. She says she was set up after a man offered to pay her to take a suitcase of electronics to the UK, and that she did not know it contained drugs.
Her brother Trey says Martins is being held in a crowded women’s prison, where she has written that she is struggling to sleep and obtain basic necessities. He is caring for her ten-year-old daughter in London and seeking legal support for his sister. The article says Cambodia imposes severe penalties for drug offences, and that Martins is among 355 Britons detained in Southeast Asia after being accused of involvement in drug smuggling.
- British woman faces up to 20 years in Cambodia over 34.5kg of cannabis.
- She says she did not know drugs were in the suitcase.
- Her brother is caring for her daughter and seeking legal help.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “British mother caught trying to leave Cambodia with 34kg of cannabis faces 20 years in hellhole jail as she insists she was ‘set up’”.