The family of an Irishwoman, who is being held on drug smuggling charges in Peru, is insisting she is innocent.
Michaella McCollum-Connolly was arrested in Lima last week along with another young woman from Scotland.
The 20-year-old from Dungannon in Co Tyrone was reported missing by her family, after she failed to contact them for almost two weeks.
She had been on a working holiday on the Spanish island of Ibiza, where she was employed as a nightclub hostess.
It emerged last week that police in Peru arrested the Northern Ireland photography student on suspicion of drug smuggling.
Michaella McCollum Connolly and her 19-year-old friend Melissa Reid from Glasgow were detained at Lima's international airport.
They were searched as they were about to board a flight to Madrid on Tuesday last, August 6th.
Almost 11 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated €1.7 million, was discovered in their luggage.
Peruvian police say the drugs were hidden inside packages of food.
Michaella McCollum-Connolly holds an Irish passport.
The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin says its providing consular assistance to her family - as is the Foreign Office in London.
The young women can be held in custody for up to 15 days without charge.
However Michaela McCollum-Connolly's family says she is innocent, insisting she is not a drug trafficker.
