A British couple arrested on a luxury cruise ship with almost £1 million worth of cocaine has blamed a mystery Jamaican businessman called Lee.
Former chef, 72 year old Roger Clarke and his retired secretary wife, 71 year old Sue, are set to stand trial over the nine kilogram drug bust, which happened in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 4 last year.
The Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom says explosive court papers made public on Monday showed Mr. Clarke told police a mystery entrepreneur of Jamaican origin paid for their £6,800 Caribbean cruise.
He claimed the man asked him to buy exotic fruit for sale in the UK, before getting him to pick up empty new suitcases in St. Lucia from an unidentified middleman.
The court documents also revealed that the couple spent thousands of pounds a year on trips abroad despite their meagre income.
The pair face up to 12 years in prison if convicted of drugs trafficking.
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