A woman arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges reportedly told a court she is "pregnant" after allegedly being caught with kilos of cannabis. Bella May Culley, 18, is accused of taking cannabis into Georgia, where she was detained at Tbilisi International Airport.

She had been the subject of a massive international search operation in recent days after she was reported missing while she was believed to be holidaying in Thailand. Georgian TV outlet Rustavi 2 reported Bella May Culley told the Tbilisi court she was “pregnant”. It also said the British citizen “chose to exercise her right to remain silent regarding the charges”. The channel gave no further details about her reported pregnancy.