Bella May Culley, 18, sparked a missing persons investigation after disappearing while travelling in Thailand.
Last night, it emerged Culley has been arrested by authorities in Georgia who say large quantities of marijuana and hashish were found in her suitcase at Tblisi airport.
Here The i Paper looks at what is known, and what remains unanswered, about the case so far.
She was accompanied by a friend and the pair had been travelling around the islands and keeping in regular contact with family.
In one post on TikTok Culley wrote: “Blonde or brunette? Erm, how about we get up to criminal activities side by side like Bonnie and Clyde making heavy figures.”
In posts on TikTok and Instagram, Culley has appeared to show off cash, with a pile of £10 and £20 notes held together by a hairband.
When did teenager go missing?
However, she never called and then when relatives tried to get in touch they found her phone was switched off.
“I just want her home and safe or to hear her gorgeous little voice,” her mother Ms Kennedy said.
A Foreign Commonwealth and Deevelopment Office (FCDO) spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British woman who is reported missing in Thailand.”
Police say they found up to 12kg (26lbs) of marijuana and just over 2kg (4.4lbs) of the narcotic drug hashish in a travel bag at the airport.
Gangs are known to target young vulnerable travellers and the UK’s National Crime Agency has previously warned of an increase in arrests over passengers attempting to smuggle cannabis by air from Thailand.
Is Culley pregnant?
Culley, a former nursing student, is likely to be held in a female-only prison.
She was refused bail on the grounds she may try to flee the country and is now believed to be in No 5 Women’s Penitentiary near Rustavi, an ex-Soviet prison.
“I think she’s got sucked into something, somehow. She’s not an international drug trafficker.
“It’s all very strange. She must have been taken advantage of.”
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