{"id":338163,"date":"2026-04-26T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-young-women-are-offered-free-holidays-to-smuggle-drugs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:00:03","slug":"how-young-women-are-offered-free-holidays-to-smuggle-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-young-women-are-offered-free-holidays-to-smuggle-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"How young women are offered free holidays to smuggle drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Fn4aoB9bwec\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How young women are offered free holidays to smuggle drugs\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fn4aoB9bwec\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This is the dark reality of how modern gangs are grooming young people. Organised crime networks are now using platforms like Snapchat to lure young women into becoming international drug mules.<\/p>\n<p>They post targeted adverts looking for girls to &quot;fly out the country for a week,&quot; promising a completely free holiday where &quot;food, accommodation, tickets, everything&quot; is paid for. <\/p>\n<p>But behind these glamorous posts are criminal bosses exploiting vulnerable youths to smuggle drugs back into the UK. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the dark reality of how modern gangs are grooming young people. Organised crime networks are now using platforms like Snapchat to lure young women into becoming international drug mules. 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