Britons Deny Knowing of Drugs in Luggage
Two British sisters appeared before Egypt’s prosecutor-general Wednesday and denied any knowledge of heroin found in their luggage, British Embassy officials said.
Marion Arnold, 42, and Maureen Carol Paleschi, 49, from Hampshire, were arrested on Sunday after they arrived from Bucharest and 13 pounds of heroin was discovered inside a wooden elephant in their luggage.
The embassy officials quoted them as saying an Egyptian friend gave them the elephant in Karachi and they knew nothing about the heroin, which newspapers say has a street value of $4 million. No charges have been filed in the case.
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