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.
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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