A Filipino tourist was imprisoned for five days on charges of drug smuggling after carrying lemon-flavoured iced tea into Australia. Maria Cecilia Silva, 29, has been cleared of wrongdoing after the mix-up over 800g of the Nestlé product in sealed packets she had previously purchased in a Philippines supermarket, Aap reports. Silva's barrister Michael Penna-Rees said of his client: "She's traumatised, she's lost a lot of weight and she'll be seeing a doctor. "She's a totally innocent young lady who has experienced five days in an horrendous (more)...
- 3/19/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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