Laura Plummer was found with 290 Tramadol tablets in her suitcase

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Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull, was arrested after she was found with 290 Tramadol tablets in her suitcase.

The painkiller is legal in Britain but banned in Egypt.

Laura’s family, who have described her as “naive”, said she was taking the tablets for her Egyptian partner, Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain.

Shop worker Laura’s mother Roberta Sinclair travelled to Egypt for the Christmas Day hearing.