Two young British women must stay locked up after a judge put off their bail choice. The teens from Birmingham face drug charges in Zimbabwe. Police at Harare airport found 124 packets of marijuana in their suitcases when they landed on May 1. Officials stopped them right after they grabbed their bags from the carousel. The drugs weighed almost 67 kilograms with a street value of around $669,000.
Court papers show Tihaise Elisha, age 18, traveled with Taylor Simone, age 20, on an Ethiopian Airways flight. Their first court date happened May 3, with the next hearing set for May 15. Detectives from the narcotics unit arrested after checking all four bags. The women will spend cold nights in jail until mid-May. Their home city, Birmingham, sits in the United Kingdom, where drug laws differ from Zimbabwe.
Court papers show Tihaise Elisha, age 18, traveled with Taylor Simone, age 20, on an Ethiopian Airways flight. Their first court date happened May 3, with the next hearing set for May 15. Detectives from the narcotics unit arrested after checking all four bags. The women will spend cold nights in jail until mid-May. Their home city, Birmingham, sits in the United Kingdom, where drug laws differ from Zimbabwe.
