British Bella May Culley 18, missing from Thailand, arrested in Georgia, May 2025

[Skigh]

They are not vulnerable young people. They made a conscious decision to get involved with smuggling . No one forced them to fly from Britain to Thailand. They were lured by the chance to earn money to fund a materialistic life style .

 

[Dotta]

They seem to me "vulnerable"
in a sense
they lack moral values
and quite possibly
positive role models were absent during their upbringing.

Because
why would they get involved in smuggling substances that ruin others' lives?
That make others slaves to deadly addiction?

Is all money in the world worth to harm others?

No moral compass whatsoever IMO.
Ruining others' and their own lives.

JMO

 

[truthfinder2019]

"British teenager held in prison in Georgia on suspicion of drug offences
has been described as
'not far from childhood'
by her new lawyer.

Mr Salakaia said Miss Culley was in 'good health'
but he would not describe her as
an adequate adult.

The lawyer,
who does not speak English and specialises in juvenile law,
has been communicating with his client using a translator.

Their first meeting lasted two hours.
The 18-year-old was also giving evidence to Georgian investigators."

Bella May Culley not 'far from childhood', new lawyer says

The 18-year-old, from Billingham, has had her first meeting with her new lawyer in Georgia.

www.bbc.com

This same article mentions that

The BBC understands Miss Culley arrived in Tbilisi on a flight from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on 10 May.

Impossible she did not know what she was doing IMO

 

[Skigh]

This same article mentions that

The BBC understands Miss Culley arrived in Tbilisi on a flight from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on 10 May.

Impossible she did not know what she was doing IMO

Agreed. She knew exactly what she was doing and where she was going. She could easily have used her phone to find out information about Georgia.

 

[truthfinder2019]

According to reports, Mr Salakaia (her lawyer) had to explain her geographical location to Bella during their two-hour meeting.

Bella Culley's dad visits pregnant 'drug smuggling' teen behind bars in Georgia

Bella Culley's dad Niel Culley has been spotted visiting his 18-year-old daughter in prison in Georgia for the first time since her arrest in May.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

So she boarded a flight to Georgia but did not know where Georgia is?

 

[Skigh]

According to reports, Mr Salakaia (her lawyer) had to explain her geographical location to Bella during their two-hour meeting.

Bella Culley's dad visits pregnant 'drug smuggling' teen behind bars in Georgia

Bella Culley's dad Niel Culley has been spotted visiting his 18-year-old daughter in prison in Georgia for the first time since her arrest in May.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

So she boarded a flight to Georgia but did not know where Georgia is?

Actually thinking about it ,she probably would not have been able to find it on the map ,the general knowledge of some youngsters is extremely poor . A young teacher in a school I was in thought children needed a passport for a trip to the Isle of Wight . The school was in the South of England so less than 60 miles away.

I am sure many do not know where Tenerife and Dubai are on a world map.

 

[Dotta]

This case hit headlines in my country

I was reading comments and somebody wrote
(referring to the defendant's shock in Court)

"She was shaken, not stirred"

It made me laugh sooooo hard hahahaha

18-latka zatrzymana w Gruzji. Grozi jej dożywocie

18-letnia Bella May Culley z Wielkiej Brytanii może spędzić resztę życia w gruzińskim więzieniu za przemyt narkotyków. Jej rodzina walczy o możliwość spotkania z nią, a prawniczka ujawnia, że dziewczyna nie...

www.o2.pl

 

[Sarahlou]

Actually thinking about it ,she probably would not have been able to find it on the map ,the general knowledge of some youngsters is extremely poor . A young teacher in a school I was in thought children needed a passport for a trip to the Isle of Wight . The school was in the South of England so less than 60 miles away.

I am sure many do not know where Tenerife and Dubai are on a world map.

Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the first time she'd even heard there was a country called Georgia.

 

[ch_13]

This same article mentions that

The BBC understands Miss Culley arrived in Tbilisi on a flight from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on 10 May.

Impossible she did not know what she was doing IMO

She was likely flying Air Arabia, which is a low-cost airline whose hub is the Sharjah airport. The airline has direct flights to both Bangkok and Tbilisi.

I can only say that she's very lucky that she wasn't caught during her stopover in the UAE. They do not take kindly to drug smugglers.

 

[whitelilac]

She was likely flying Air Arabia, which is a low-cost airline whose hub is the Sharjah airport. The airline has direct flights to both Bangkok and Tbilisi.

I can only say that she's very lucky that she wasn't caught during her stopover in the UAE. They do not take kindly to drug smugglers.

UAE stopover? Did this doofus get off the plane there, in that skimpy beach outfit? Clueless, knows zilch about other countries and cultures, and couldn't care less either. Lucky she wasn't arrested for "indecency" let alone for the drugs there.

 

[Dotta]

"Bella May Culley's dad
'visits Teesside teen in Georgian prison for first time'."

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Dad of Brit jailed abroad drops off bag at prison after she gave 'shopping list'

<span id="docs-internal-guid-9c79c70c-7fff-21b5-9abf-fd1ba6a83336">The 18-year-old’s dad, Niel, has been spotted visiting Bella at prison in what is thought to be their first meeting since her arrest this month for allegedly importing cannabis</span>

www-mirror-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Herat]

She was likely flying Air Arabia, which is a low-cost airline whose hub is the Sharjah airport. The airline has direct flights to both Bangkok and Tbilisi.

I can only say that she's very lucky that she wasn't caught during her stopover in the UAE. They do not take kindly to drug smugglers.

Very possible Air Arabia was chosen for a special reason

 

[Lucy6226]

Still hasn't got a jumper I see

 

[Unalienable Rights]

MOD NOTE: Hi! Little busy here. Would one of you make a thread for Charlotte and then report it? If you will, I'll move posts about Charlotte from here to there. Thanks!

I started a thread for Charlotte Lee:

M

Thread 'Sri Lanka - Charlotte May Lee, 21, frm UK, arrested aft 101-lbs syn cannabis fnd in luggage aft flight frm Bangkok, Thailand to Sri Lanka, 19 May 2025'

May 18, 2025

And another one's been caught.

Another teen young British 'drugs mule' is caught: Ex-Tui air stewardess, 21, faces decades in Sri Lanka hellhole after being caught with '£1.15m of cannabis in her luggage' from Thailand​

A British former TUI cabin crew member has been arrested in a Sri Lankan airport after £1.15 million of cannabis was allegedly found in her luggage.

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was detained at the main airport in the country's capital Colombo on Monday after arriving from a flight from Bangkok.

According to sources...

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[Knitty]

MOD NOTE: THANK YOU, @Unalienable Rights!

I think I've split those right. If I've missed anything, report!

 

[MelmothTheLost]

This thread has been quiet for a week or two but there is an article in today's Mail claiming that Brits are being specifically target as drug mule. Of the cases they discuss, the only one I would consider "vulnerable" is that of 79 year old William Easement whose age suggests he could be suffering from some degree of cognitive decline. The others are just stupid and greedy.

Why Brits are the 'flavour of the month' for drug smuggler gangs

Several Brits, mostly glamorous young women, are being recruited into the murky world of drug smuggling which has left them facing lengthy sentences or even the death penalty.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Luwin]

This thread has been quiet for a week or two but there is an article in today's Mail claiming that Brits are being specifically target as drug mule. Of the cases they discuss, the only one I would consider "vulnerable" is that of 79 year old William Easement whose age suggests he could be suffering from some degree of cognitive decline. The others are just stupid and greedy.

Why Brits are the 'flavour of the month' for drug smuggler gangs

Several Brits, mostly glamorous young women, are being recruited into the murky world of drug smuggling which has left them facing lengthy sentences or even the death penalty.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Completely agree

 

[LadyL]

"MULE ON THE RUN

'I’m a drug mule who flew from Thailand like Bella Culley & Charlotte May Lee…​

I’ve fled UK over threat to kill my family'.​

Thai drugs gangs have been specifically targeting vulnerable young Brits
to be mules after a crackdown on drugs sent by post.

A terrified British drug mule
has told how he was left in fear of his life
after his stash went missing en route to the UK -
and the gang which recruited him demanded £100,000.

He lives a few miles from Bella’s home in Billington, County Durham,
but has been forced to flee the country to Spain
after the gang started hunting him."

I’m a drug mule who flew from Thailand… smugglers threatened to kill my family

A TERRIFIED British drug mule has told how he was left in fear of his life after his stash went missing en route to the UK – and the gang which recruited him demanded £100,000. The 32-year-ol…

www.thesun.co.uk

he's in fear for his life with a gang hunting him so he told the media what country he's in???

 

[LadyL]

They are not vulnerable young people. They made a conscious decision to get involved with smuggling . No one forced them to fly from Britain to Thailand. They were lured by the chance to earn money to fund a materialistic life style .

250 lbs. seems a pittance though - why would anyone agree to that?

 

[Skigh]

250 lbs. seems a pittance though - why would anyone agree to that?

£250. I do not think that the truth was being told about the amount they were given. She could have made that in a few shop lifting trips!