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Aussie grandma ends fight against drug smuggling bust

The family of an Australian woman says she will pursue an international transfer home after losing an appeal against a drug smuggling conviction in Japan.

AAP · Oct 10, 2025

Donna Nelson's family say she was duped or forced into carrying drugs into Japan amid romance scam

The distraught daughters of WA grandmother Donna Nelson, a prominent member of WA's Aboriginal community, believe she has been duped or forced into carrying drugs into Japan, and say she does not deserve what she is going through.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2023