British ‘medicine mule’, 21, speaks from in the back of bars in Sri Lanka hellhole jail to expose HER aspect of the tale – and says she hasn’t eaten for 2 days as a result of prison meals ‘is just too highly spiced’

A tender British girl dealing with years locked in a grim Sri Lankan prison after being stuck with £1.2 million value of hashish has informed of her melancholy – and insisted she has been arrange.

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was once arrested within the capital Colombo remaining week after police found out 46 kg of ‘Kush’ – an artificial pressure of hashish – in her suitcase.

Miss Lee, a former cabin workforce employee, had simply arrived in Sri Lanka on a flight from Bangkok when she was once arrested at Bandaranaike Airport and brought to custody remaining Monday.

She is now being held in Negombo Prison, north of the capital, whilst she waits to listen to her destiny.

Speaking to MailOnline from in the back of bars within the girl’s ward of the infamous jail, Miss Lee stated she had ‘no concept’ that there have been medicine in her baggage when she prompt for Sri Lanka.

She stated: ‘I had by no means noticed them prior to. I did not be expecting all of it after they pulled me over on the airport. I assumed it was once going to be stuffed with all my stuff.

‘I have been in Bangkok the evening prior to and had already packed my garments as a result of my flight was once truly early.

‘So I left my baggage within the resort room and headed for the evening out. As they had been already packed I did not take a look at them once more within the morning.

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London , was once arrested within the capital Colombo remaining week, however insists she has been arrange. Pictured: Miss Lee speaks with MailOnline from in the back of bars

Pictured: Welikada Prison in Colombo the place British girl Charlotte May-Lee can be despatched if convicted of drug smuggling

‘They will have to have planted it then.’

And she added: ‘I do know who did it.’

Miss Lee informed us she have been running quickly on a ‘booze cruise’ in Thailand however her 30-day visa was once about to expire so she determined to take a go back and forth to close by Sri Lanka whilst she waited for her Thai visa to be renewed.

She determined to visit the rustic as it was once somewhat close by – just a three-hour flight away – and she or he had by no means visited there prior to.

‘I assumed whilst I used to be looking ahead to the visa that I’d come to Sri Lanka.

‘They [the people she believed planted the drugs] had been meant to fulfill me right here. But now I’m right here – caught on this prison.’

After her arrest, Miss Lee was once to begin with held on the Police Narcotics Bureau for seven days.

She says she was once pressured to sleep on a settee that had mattress insects with a safety guard looking at her the entire time.

The Foreign Office in the United Kingdom has showed that it’s supporting a British girl who has been arrested in Sri Lanka and is involved together with her circle of relatives, in addition to native government 

She is now in Negombo Prison, caught in her crowded mobile for 22 hours an afternoon

Pictured: Negombo prison in Sri Lanka, the place Charlotte May Lee is being held accused

Speaking to MailOnline from in the back of bars within the girl’s ward of the infamous jail, Miss Lee stated she had ‘no concept’ that there have been medicine in her baggage

Miss Lee says she has no longer eaten any meals for 2 days for the reason that jail foods had been making her unwell

Negombo Prison is likely one of the greatest in Sri Lanka with nearly all of inmates being males – with a smaller aspect wing for girls like Miss Lee

Then on Sunday she was once delivered to Negombo Magistrates Court the place she was once given remanded in custody for an extra 14 days whilst she awaits additional hearings.

At this level she was once transferred to Negombo Prison the place she nonetheless stays, caught in her crowded mobile for 22 hours an afternoon and simplest let loose to devour and in brief stretch her legs.

And it was once right here that she spoke to MailOnline these days to focus on the ‘terrible’ prerequisites i within the jail – revealing she has no longer eaten any meals at enthusiastic about two days for the reason that jail foods had been making her unwell.

She stated: ‘I’m attempting my best possible to stick sure as a result of what else are you able to do?

‘But it’s laborious. I think as although I don’t have any human rights right here. There are not any beds, no blankets. And the place you sleep is sort of a lengthy hall with a variety of different ladies.

‘I’m slumbering on a concrete ground – actually. All I’ve is my jumper as a pillow.

‘There is a ceiling fan nevertheless it does not truly paintings and there is a TV however that still slightly works. I simplest have this one pair of garments, not anything else to transform and I’m no longer being allowed my drugs for ADHD.

‘The simplest factor they provide are slumbering drugs that correctly knock you out.

‘The bathe isn’t truly a bath, it is only a bucket that you simply pour over your self however they do not come up with anything else for that.

‘They put you in an alleyway with a host of different ladies, that is it.’

‘You are simplest allowed two or 3 hours outdoor within the solar an afternoon, sometimes longer if there are a large number of ladies in court docket that day.

‘I’ve no longer eaten in two days for the reason that meals is simply too highly spiced for me.

‘I’ve informed my legal professionals – I’ve 3 of them – that I would like other meals. They stated they’d kind that however they nonetheless have not. I have no idea why.

‘Fortunately, one of the women talk English and feature shared biscuits and such things as that with me, which is good.

‘All the opposite British other folks being held listed below are males, so I do not get to peer them.

‘There isn’t any verbal exchange. You are informed not anything. I could not prepare an e-visit with my circle of relatives and even write a letter.’

It has been described as ‘Hell’ for girls – with maggots being reportedly present in meals and rats scuttling round extraordinarily overcrowded cells

The haul of gear, which in line with the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) was once the biggest ever quantity of unlawful elements discovered within the airport

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, has been arrested in a Sri Lankan airport after £1.15 million of hashish was once allegedly present in her baggage 

{A photograph} on Miss Lee’s social media presentations her in her former task as a TUI stewardess

Negombo Prison is likely one of the greatest in Sri Lanka with nearly all of inmates being males – with a smaller aspect wing for girls like Charlotte.

Miss Lee added: ‘Some individuals are great, some other folks don’t seem to be so great.

‘You cannot agree with many of us – even the legal professionals. I used to be being held within the narcotics unit till Sunday and now I will be able to be right here till my subsequent court docket case.

‘They do not care about you. I got here in with not anything and don’t have anything however fortunately folks have stuff right here they may be able to proportion with me.’

The Londoner, who have been coaching to turn out to be an eyelash technician, attended Negombo Magistrates Court on Monday.

There she was once accused of 2 fees, considered one of possessing unlawful medicine and some other of uploading unlawful medicine into Sri Lanka.

A criminal supply informed MailOnline: ‘When Charlotte arrived in court docket she gave the impression utterly misplaced.

‘She was once crying so much and was once all on her personal. It gave the impression of she did not have any concept about what was once happening.

‘It’s unclear what is going to occur to her now. She might be despatched to Welikada Prison in Colombo.’

Welikada Prison in Colombo is the largest, most safety prison in Sri Lanka, accommodating each women and men.

The jail has been hit with a variety of scandals together with riots in 2012 which that left 27 lifeless.

It has been described as ‘Hell’ for girls – with maggots being reportedly discovered meals and rats scuttling round extraordinarily overcrowded cells.

The haul of gear, which in line with the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) was once the biggest ever quantity of unlawful elements discovered within the airport, had been meant for ‘high-end native patrons’.

Footage equipped to MailOnline presentations two massive suitcases and what seems to be parcels of gear along a gaggle of narcotics detectives who exposed the alleged smuggling.

In the background of the clip, a British girl’s voice may also be heard guffawing and pronouncing ‘it is not that, do not fret’.

In some other partly auditable clip she may also be heard pronouncing ‘it looks as if medicine to me’ prior to later including ‘and I informed them I used to be 21’.

Pictures from the scene display six officials within the airport status over two massive suitcases and dozens of huge vacuum packed baggage of the drug.

Officials from the Customs Narcotics Control Unit within the airport stated it’s the greatest quantity of Kush ever to be detected for the reason that world hub opened.

Her social media accounts display Miss Lee showing to revel in running for the shuttle corporate

The ‘large consignment’ is definitely worth the identical of £1.2 million in Sri Lankan rupees.

Meanwhile the Foreign Office in the United Kingdom has showed that it’s supporting a British girl who has been arrested in Sri Lanka and is involved together with her circle of relatives, in addition to native government.

According to Miss Lee’s pals she has been looking to publish updates on her plight on Snapchat.

One girl, on the subject of the cabin workforce member became lash technician, stated that she was once surprised when she heard the allegation – insisting Miss Lee was once a ‘great girl’ and no longer a felony.

The good friend, talking on situation of anonymity, stated: ‘I could not imagine it. Charlotte is a troublesome employee and a grafter no longer a drug smuggler.’

Another good friend stated: ‘I’m in overall surprise. ‘She is a truly great girl, there have been no crimson flags or anything else.

‘We noticed clips of the arrest and lets pay attention an English girl, who sounded very similar to Charlotte within the background.’

Another added: ‘She’s been informed that if convicted, on account of the scale of the medication haul, she is taking a look at between 20 and 25 years in prison. British Embassy personnel warned her she’s going nowhere quickly.’

Miss Lee had prior to now labored as a cabin workforce member for TUI, but pals have stated this was once just a ‘summer time contract’.

Her social media accounts display her showing to have a good time running for the shuttle corporate, posing in her stewardess uniform or even within the cockpit of one of the crucial planes.

Photos shared on her social media display her residing an ordinary lifetime of a tender girl in London in her early twenties – out consuming on the pub with pals or dancing at nightclubs.

Miss Lee, in line with pals, first flew out to Thailand in April to have fun her 21st birthday together with her older sister who was once assembly her from Australia, the place she now lives.

Following the vacation, Miss Lee is alleged to have returned to Coulsdon, telling associates that she ‘liked Thailand and sought after to paintings available in the market’.

She discussed round 4 weeks in the past that ‘she had a task on a ship’ within the south-east Asian nation however in line with her good friend didn’t point out any rapid plans of returning.

Yet remaining week, the younger girl started posting photos once more of lovely white sand seashores and selfies of her partying out of the country.

And on Monday, the day of her arrest, she had posted a TikTok of herself on a airplane, dressed in a facemask, as she flew over a gorgeous island. She tagged the positioning of the video as Bangkok.

The incident comes simply days after a British youngster was once arrested within the Georgian capital of Tbilisi after allegedly returning from Thailand wearing 14kg of hashish in her baggage.

Bella May Culley, 18, is now dealing with lifestyles in jail within the former Soviet nation after being accused of illegally purchasing, possessing and uploading massive amounts of narcotics.

The teen from Billingham, Country Durham, was once believed to have long past lacking in Thailand prior to she was once detained 3,700 miles away at Tbilisi International Airport at the fees.

Concerns have been raised that the 2 circumstances had been comparable as each younger ladies left Bangkok airport at the identical day.

But Miss Lee informed MailOnline she didn’t know Ms Culley, who has been remanded in custody till her subsequent look on July 1.

Miss Lee and Miss Culley, who each flew out of Bangkok on Monday, had been arrested within the nations inside hours of one another, that means the circumstances may well be comparable.

The FCDO stated on the subject of Miss Lee’s case: ‘We are supporting a British girl who has been arrested in Sri Lanka and are involved together with her circle of relatives and the native government.’