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Family Pays $187,000 to Free Pregnant British Teen Held for Drug Trafficking in Georgia

Bella Culley, 19, has been sentenced to two years in jail in Georgia after agreeing to a plea deal with prosecutors.
Her family paid 500,000 Georgian Lari to secure her release, despite the court's initial demand of 800,000 Lari.
Culley claims she was forced to smuggle drugs by gangsters threatening her family, stating, 'I didn't want to do this.'
She was arrested at Tbilisi airport with illegal drugs in her luggage.

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Family of pregnant British teenager held on drugs charges in Georgia pay £138k in bid to cut jail term

Bella Culley had been facing a possible life sentence after being accused of trying to smuggle 12kg of marijuana and 2kg of hashish in her luggage when she landed in Tbilisi in May.

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Pregnant British teen may get two years in Georgia prison for drug smuggling

British teenager Bella May Culley, who was arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges earlier this year, could receive a two-year prison sentence after her family paid more than £137,000 in a plea deal, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

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Pregnant British teen may get 2-years in Georgia prison for drug smuggling after plea deal

A pregnant British teenager who is being held in Georgia on drug smuggling charges could receive a prison sentence of two years as part of a plea deal, her lawyer said.

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