British woman who smuggled opioid pain relievers tops coverage of Egypt in the foreign press

A British woman detained in Hurghada for allegedly smuggling 300 opioid pain reliever pills is topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning. The woman, identified as Laura Plummer, 33, was apparently bringing her Egyptian husband other products from the UK including talcum powder and shaving gel, alongside the opiates, The Guardian says. She “didn’t even check” what the stop-any-disease.com tablets were after she got a prescription for them, Plummer’s brother says, adding that “clearly [she was] very, very naive.” Forget that the most likely thing is that the woman will be deported — the UK tabloid press is bellowing still that she faces “the death penalty” or “25 years in prison.” Because, you know, ignorance is a defence under the law, right?