Donna Nelson arrested with 2kg of stimulants but daughters say she is innocent
An Australian grandmother accused of smuggling methamphetamine in a suitcase has appeared in a Japanese court nearly two years after her arrest, saying she is innocent and she was tricked into carrying them as part of an online romance scam.
Nelson, 58, said she received the suitcase from an acquaintance of a man she met on social media and brought it from Laos to Tokyo as instructed.She was arrested on the spot and later charged with violating the stimulants control and customs laws. Prosecutors acknowledged the case was linked to a romance scam but accused Nelson of smuggling the drugs, claiming she knew the contents of the suitcase.
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