Convicted Australian drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury has been reportedly released from a Colombian prison.
The 22-year-old was serving a six-year term after being caught with 5.8kgs of cocaine hidden inside 18 headphone boxes as she tried to leave Bogota’s airport in April 2017.
Originally facing up to 30 years locked up in the Colombian capital of Bogota, she later negotiated a reduced sentence with a plea deal.
Sainsbury had claimed she landed in trouble in Colombia after thinking she had accepted a job as a legitimate courier transporting documents for $10,000 plus flights, but plans changed at the last minute.
The South Australia resident said a “mastermind” known only as Angelo threatened via WhatsApp to kill her mother, sister and fiance if she did not transport his drugs.
It is understood Sainsbury walked free from El Buen Pastor women’s prison on Friday after spending three years behind bars.
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