afrol News, 18 July - The two British teenage girls, who were caught trying to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 out of Ghana to the United Kingdom, have appeared before the Accra court, charged with possession and smuggling of the illegal substance.

The two 16-year-old girls were arrested on 2 July as they attempted to board the British Airlines flight to London.

The girls, who were believed to be descendants of immigrants from Cyprus and Nigeria, had duped their parents that they were going for a school trip to France.

Whisked into a tinted glass black vehicle, the minors were driven to the court. News-hungry journalists could not have access to the girls who appeared before a juvenile judge.

Appearing in chambers, a juvenile judge charged the young girls maintained their innocence, claiming that they had been set up carry drugs to the UK.

Upon conviction, they face up to 10 years in jail, Ghanaian judicial officials said.

But the charges are expected to be formalised when the trial proper begins.

By staff writer

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