This is the ‘hellhole’ overcrowded prison where a young British woman accused of smuggling £1.2million worth of drugs into Sri Lanka faces being banged up in.
Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was arrested in Colombo last week after being accused of smuggling 46kg of Kush - a synthetic form of cannabis - into the country.
The youngster, who had been travelling from Bangkok, is currently being held in a local jail, Negombo Prison, while her case progresses through the courts.
Legal sources in the country have said Miss Lee, if found guilty of the charges held against her, faces being sent to Welikada Prison in the capital Colombo - the country’s largest, maximum security jail.
The prison has a miserable history past and has been described as a ‘hell’ for female prisoners in particular - with maggots being reportedly found food and rats scuttling around extremely overcrowded cells.
