Overview

• Thai authorities released CCTV from Suvarnabhumi Airport showing Culley calmly passing through automated gates and exiting Thailand on May 10.
• Lieutenant General Choengron Rimpadee said the footage disproves any coercion and that there is no evidence officers forced her to smuggle drugs.
• Georgian prosecutors have charged Culley with trafficking about 14 kg of cannabis and hashish, offences that carry sentences ranging from eight years to life imprisonment.
• Detained at Women’s Penitentiary Number Five and 18 weeks pregnant, Culley’s case has drawn warnings over overcrowded conditions and limited prenatal care.
• Advocates and diplomats say her ordeal highlights a surge in young British travellers targeted by organised drug rings and underscores complex legal and humanitarian challenges.