Court hears evidence in Ghana drugs trial
Prosecution witnesses have finished giving evidence in the trial of two British teenage girls accused of trying to smuggle drugs from Ghana to the UK.
The trial of Yasemin Vatansever and Yatunde Diya, both 16 from north London, was adjourned until August 22.
The girls were arrested at Accra airport on July 2 for allegedly carrying 6kg of cocaine, worth £300,000.
They both deny the charges and claim that they were set up by two boys who gave them laptop bags which they were told to hand over to another person when they reached the airport in the UK.
The teenagers, who are believed to be in frequent contact with their parents, face up to three years in jail if found guilty.
The case is being heard in private in a youth court. Defence lawyers are expected to begin presenting witnesses at the next hearing.
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