A BRIT jailed in Sri Lanka over serious smuggling accusations has claimed the drugs found in her suitcase were “planted”;; on her.
, has pleaded her innocence in her first statement since her arrest – even revealing she knows exactly who set her up.
The Brit will for the first time today – after languishing in a “hell-hole”;; for days.
Charlotte may soon be moved to the maximum security Welikada Prison in appalling conditions as she fears a 25-year jail term if convicted under strict anti-drug laws.
The part-time beautician, of Chipstead in , was stopped by Sri Lankan customs officials after stepping off a flight from on Monday last week.
It was claimed her two suitcases were stuffed full of 46kg of super-strong ‘Kush’ marijuana – which is 25 times more potent than powerful opioid fentanyl.
Speaking to MailOnline from behind bars Charlotte said she had “no idea”;; that there were in her luggage when she left Bangkok.
She claimed: “I had never seen them before. I didn’t expect it all when they pulled me over at the airport. I thought it was going to be filled with all my stuff.
“I had been in Bangkok the night before and had already packed my clothes because my flight was really early.
“So I left my bags in the hotel room and headed for the night out. As they were already packed I didn’t check them again in the morning.”;;
The young Brit believes the huge amount of illegal substances were planted in her luggage in a planned move by dangerous dealers in Southeast Asia.
And Charlotte has now said: “I know who did it.”;;
She revealed: “They [the people she believed planted the drugs] were supposed to meet me here. But now I’m here – stuck in this jail.”;;
in Sri Lanka with a dark past.
Charlotte says the rumours around the conditions the women and men are made to live in are all true.
She said: “It is hard. I feel as though I have no human rights here.
“There are no beds, no blankets. And where you sleep is like a long corridor with lots of other women.
“I am sleeping on a concrete floor – literally. All I have is my jumper as a pillow.
“I only have this one pair of clothes, nothing else to change into and I’m not being allowed my medication for ADHD.”;;
Charlotte also said the shower is just a bucket of water with a broken TV the only activity available.
Another major issue the Brit, from Coulsdon, is facing is eating.
She said: “I’ve not eaten in two days because the food is just too spicy for me.
“I have told my lawyers – I have three of them – that I need different food. They said they would sort that but they still haven’t. I don’t know why.
“Fortunately, some of the girls speak English and have shared biscuits and things like that with me, which is nice.”;;
Her first hearing begins today over the discovery of £1.2 million worth of kush found in her luggage.
Kush, a highly addictive synthetic drug, has claimed the lives of thousands in West Africa where it first appeared in 2022 – and is spreading globally at an alarming rate.
The dirt-cheap drug is cut with an array of additives including acetone, the opioid tramadol and formalin, a toxic chemical commonly used to preserve bodies in mortuaries.
