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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Vinay Patel

28-Year-Old Brit Regrets Free Mexico Holiday From Strangers After 'Unknowingly Smuggling Cocaine' For Them

A British beautician faces decades in prison for cocaine smuggling after being tricked and threatened. (Credit: X / Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal)

A British beautician faces a potential 60-year prison sentence in the United States after what she thought was an innocent free holiday to Cancun turned into a smuggling nightmare. Kim Hall, 28, from Middlesbrough, was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare Airport on August 18 when Homeland Security officers discovered £15 million worth of cocaine hidden in two suitcases she was carrying. Hall claims she was coerced into smuggling the drugs after being threatened by two British men she had met on a previous holiday, per reports from The Sun.

A Dream Holiday That Turned Into a Nightmare

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