Briton in Peru drugs arrest
A British woman has been arrested in Peru on suspicion of a drugs offence, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Rachel Franklin, 20, was reportedly stopped at Lima's Jorge Chavez Airport on Sunday evening as she attempted to board a flight to Madrid.
She was allegedly carrying nearly 9lb (4kg) of the drug in her baggage.
It is thought the woman had just flown into the Peruvian capital from the historic city of Cusco.
Full consular assistance is being provided and British officials have visited her in custody, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
"I understand that it is on suspicion of a drugs offence," she said. "She has not been charged."
The spokeswoman added that the Foreign Office is in contact with her next of kin in the UK.
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