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News (Media Awareness Project) - Greece: Elderly Woman Charged With Smuggling
Title:Greece: Elderly Woman Charged With Smuggling
Published On:2001-07-06
Source:New York Times (NY)
Fetched On:2008-01-25 14:51:06
ELDERLY WOMAN CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- An elderly woman was charged Friday with attempting
to smuggle heroin hidden in a container of spaghetti to her inmate grandson.

Anastasia Lefkari, 84, was arrested in Korydallos prison on Thursday after
officials said she tried to slip her 24-year-old grandson 30 grams of
heroin hidden in the pasta.

She was formally charged before a public prosecutor Friday.

Lefkari said her grandson's friend gave her the food and she had no idea it
was being used to conceal drugs.

Lefkari was ordered held pending a hearing.
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