The number of British nationals arrested overseas on drug smuggling offences has quadrupled in the last three years.
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New government data on consular cases involving Brits suggests young people are being promised free holidays and easy money in exchange for carrying luggage they think is full of clothes or even cash, but actually contains drugs.
Most of the arrests were in Southeast Asia for cannabis smuggling charges.
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