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Welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. A spokesman from the Foreign Office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. Our correspondent hanan razek sent the latest from cairo. They found around 300 tramadol ta blets they found around 300 tramadol tablets in her suit gets. Laura said she put those tablets for her boyfriend as he is suffering from severe back pain and this is a painkiller that is prescribed and is absolutely fine to get in the uk. However it is a band here in egypt and you can only get it through medical prescriptions as it is popularly used among some young people as a sort of drug and it is a cheaper way to get drugs. Laura plummers sister Jayne Sinclair has been speaking to the bbc. This family, we are disgusted that he has been able to carr

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