ISLMABAD – Pakistani court has completed the trial of a Czech womanarrested last year on charges of attempting to smuggle heroin from Pakistanto Abu Dhabi.
During Tuesday’s brief court hearing, 21-year-old Tereza Hluskova pleadedinnocent. A judge will announce a verdict before the end of January and shefaces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Since her arrest in 2018, Tereza Hluskova has told investigators that shecame to Pakistan to work as a model but that someone put narcotics into herluggage. She was arrested as she tried to board a flight for Abu Dhabi.
The woman claims she is a model and Czech diplomats have provided her legalassistance.
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Pakistani authorities often make arrests of both Pakistanis and foreignersfor transporting narcotics.
Pakistani police officers escorted Hluskova, a Czech citizen, to a court inLahore on Tuesday. The court has completed the trial of Hluskova arrestedlast year on charges of attempting to smuggle heroin from Pakistan to AbuDhabi. During Tuesday’s brief court hearing, 21-year-old Hluskova pleadedinnocent and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
