Australian grandmother is accused of smuggling drugs in South America and sent to Brazilian prison - but she claims she was scammed
Daily MailA grandmother-of-nine will miss Christmas with her family after she was arrested and imprisoned overseas on drug trafficking charges. Veronica Watson, from the Sunshine Coast, is currently being held at the Santana Women's Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil - a country with some of the most notoriously overcrowded prisons in the world. Ms Watson never travelled outside of Australia prior to her arrest and her daughter, who lives in Sydney's west, said the whole situation 'doesn't feel real'. Veronica Watson, from the Sunshine Coast, has been arrested in Brazil after allegedly being found with 1,483g grams of cocaine in a hidden compartment in her suitcase Sam said she tried warning her mother about the deal as it 'sounded dodgy' but she went through with the trip unbeknownst to her. Ms Watson is being held at Santana Women's Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, and local authorities have siezed her phone and cut off communications Now Stephen said he is a 'wreck' and that 'there's no words to explain how devastating' it was that Ms Watson had ended up in jail.
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