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Why Brits are 'flavour of the month' for drug smuggler gangs: The pensioners and glam influencers recruited as drug mules on promise of fast cash and luxury holidays

Why Brits are 'flavour of the month' for drug smuggler gangs: The pensioners and glam influencers recruited as drug mules on promise of fast cash and luxury holidays
Several Brits, mostly glamorous young women, are being recruited into the murky world of drug smuggling which has left them facing lengthy sentences or even the death penalty.

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