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Nurse Faces Prison for Cannabis Smuggling, Claims Coercion

10/28/2025

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Bella Culley, nurse, faces two-year prison sentence in Georgia after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle 11 kg of cannabis and over 400 g of hashish.
She was arrested in Tbilisi in May and is 25 weeks pregnant.
Culley says a gang coerced her by threatening her family.
Her family raised £140,000 of a £215,000 fine, and sentencing is set for November 3, with possible house arrest or extradition.

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Bella Culley, nurse, faces two-year prison sentence in Georgia after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle 11 kg of cannabis and over 400 g of hashish.
She was arrested in Tbilisi in May and is 25 weeks pregnant.
Culley says a gang coerced her by threatening her family.
Her family raised £140,000 of a £215,000 fine, and sentencing is set for November 3, with possible house arrest or extradition.