British teens guilty of drug smuggling
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British teens guilty of drug smuggling
A Ghanaian court has found two British teenagers guilty of smuggling cocaine in the West African country.A state lawyer said sentencing for Yasemin Vatansever and Yatunde Diya, both 16, was deferred to December 5. They face up to three years in jail.The girls were arrested on July 2 at Accra's Kotoka airport.Ghanaian anti-drugs officers said they found 6kg (13lbs) of cocaine in two laptop bags they were carrying as they boarded a flight to Britain.The girls, who denied the charges, were tried under Ghana's progressive Juvenile Justice Act, meaning their trial had to be completed within six months.Miss Vatansever is the London-born daughter of immigrants from Cyprus, while Miss Diya is a British citizen of Nigerian descent.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.
ITN | November 21, 2007
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