Overview
- Belle Culley, 19, arrived back in the UK early Wednesday after her release from a Tbilisi secure unit on Monday.
- She was arrested on May 10 at Tbilisi International Airport after 12kg of marijuana and 2kg of hashish were found in her luggage, and she pleaded guilty to importing drugs.
- Georgian prosecutors amended the agreement and authorized her release, saying they weighed mitigating factors and her cooperation.
- Her family says they raised about £137,000 in connection with the plea deal that reduced her sentence.
- She alleges she was coerced while travelling in Thailand, and her lawyer says Georgian police have opened a separate investigation into those claims.