Overview
- An Istanbul court also ordered each woman to pay a 100,000 Turkish lira fine.
- The ruling found them guilty of drug transport rather than drug commerce, a lesser classification under Turkish law.
- They were detained on February 28 during an airport stopover with two suitcases carrying roughly two 12-kg quantities of cannabis.
- The defendants say they were deceived, and a French lawyer alleges an acquaintance coordinated the trip from a prison in Amiens.
- They remain in Silivri prison, where relatives report proper conditions, as cannabis trafficking in Turkey can carry sentences of 20 years or more.