Relatives of one of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5 million out of Peru are preparing to visit her in prison.
Michaella McCollum’s solicitor is helping her family with arrangements.
The Northern Irish woman and fellow suspect, Scot Melissa Reid, both 20, face a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted, a Peruvian prosecutor’s office in Callao, near Lima, has said.
During a court appearance on Wednesday, the pair were formally charged with the promotion of drug trafficking and denied bail.
McCollum, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, and Reid, from Lenzie, near Glasgow, claim they were forced to carry the drugs concealed in food packages by an armed gang who threatened their family members.
