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Pregnant North East 'drug mule' Bella Culley 'toasts bread over candle' in prison

Bella Culley, 19, was transferred to a mother and baby unit after family paid $186,846 to reduce her sentence for smuggling 12kg of marijuana and 2kg of hashish.

  • Bella Culley, a 19-year-old pregnant British woman, has been transferred to a 'mother and baby' unit in a Georgian prison after spending five months in a cell with poor conditions.
  • Culley's mother says she has been cooking simple meals like eggy bread and toasting bread over a candle flame in the new unit, where she can also use a communal kitchen.
  • Culley was arrested in May after authorities found over 12kg of marijuana and 2kg of hashish in her luggage at Tbilisi airport and has been held in pre-trial detention since then.
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Pregnant teenager accused of drug smuggling in Georgia moved to special unit

Bella May Culley, 19, from Teesside, is reported to be eight months pregnant.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
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