An Australian grandmother accused of drug trafficking in Japan has been charged with importing 1.9kg of meth in what her family claims was part of an online ‘romance scam’.Â
Western Australian woman Donna Nelson, 56, took a suitcase containing the ‘illegal stimulants’ onto a plane at Laos International Airport on January 3, Japanese court documents allege.Â
The Indigenous Greens candidate and community leader then changed flights in Vietnam, carrying the suitcase onto another plane bound for Japan.Â
But she was arrested by customs officers at Narita Airport, in the Chiba district, just outside of Tokyo.
Prominent Western Australian woman Donna Nelson, 56, allegedly took a suitcase containing 1.9kg of ‘illegal stimulants’ through airports in three countries before being caught
Authorities confirmed she was charged with the violation of the Stimulants Control Law and Customs LawÂ
She has been in custody since…
