A mother and daughter are charged with smuggling 67.2 kilograms of cocaine into Denmark – the mother did not know, says the daughter
When the prosecutor reads the mother's statement from the preliminary hearing, it appears that she feels exploited and deceived by her daughter.
By Ritzau ([email protected]) 27 minutes ago
In the court in Holbæk, a 24-year-old woman is sitting and explaining why she and her mother crossed the Danish-German border last year while their small children sat in the back seat.
Both women are charged with smuggling a total of 67.2 kilograms of cocaine from Germany to Denmark in August and again in November last year.
Both have been in pre-trial detention since November 3.
According to the indictment, the two women smuggled at least 30 kilograms of cocaine into the country on August 18 via a hidden compartment in the 24-year-old's Peugeot 5008.
The second incident is said to have occurred on November 2, when the two women smuggled 37.2 kilograms of cocaine across the border from Germany. Later that same day, the two women were arrested.
In both cases, the women's three children under the age of ten were in the car.
The 24-year-old daughter has pleaded not guilty to the charge concerning August 18 but has partially admitted guilt regarding the charge from November 2.
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Daughter: Mother did not know
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The mother, a 46-year-old woman, pleads not guilty to both charges.
"My mother did not know there was cocaine in the car," the daughter emphasizes during her testimony.
When the prosecutor reads the mother's statement from the preliminary hearing, it appears that she feels exploited and deceived by her daughter.
According to the two women, the trips to Germany were so-called "fun trips" where they were, among other things, going to shop at stores like Primark and Fleggaard.
The daughter explains that the cocaine found in the car on November 2 was placed a month before the trip to Germany.
The placement took place in Sæby, and according to her, she did not know about the hidden compartments and would not comment on who placed the illegal drugs.
The cocaine was then to be driven to Lolland, but the 24-year-old ended up at a crisis center shortly after and therefore never completed the task. At the crisis center, the daughter forgot that the illegal drugs were placed in the car.
She emphasizes that the cocaine was in the car before the trip to Germany.
During the court hearing, several room and phone wiretaps from the car trip in November are played. In that connection, prosecutor Andreas Dahl asks what is meant when it is said that the mother should come along "so it looks more like a family trip."
Here, the daughter explains that she was afraid the municipality would place her children in care if they were babysat too often.
The prosecutor also presents several pictures of banknotes that the 24-year-old has saved on the social media platform Snapchat.
To this, the daughter explains that the money comes from sugar dating, where she has dated several men for payment.
The trial against the two women continues on Friday. A verdict is expected on August 31.
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