Police in the UK are set to investigate the friend of a British woman locked up in a jail in Egypt after she was discovered with 290 painkiller tablets in her suitcase.
Laura Plummer was sentenced to three years in prison after the massive stash of Tramadol was found in her suitcase as she tried to enter the country on holiday.
The 33-year-old shop worker, from Hull, claims she was given the pills, which are legal in the UK but banned in Egypt, by colleague Donna Irvin.
Ms Plummer’s family claim Ms Irvin, 53, is refusing to help and has blocked their calls, as Ms Irvin insisted she had given the pills over the first place.
Police in the UK are set to investigate Donna Irvin (pictured), the friend of a British woman locked up in a jail in Egypt after she was discovered with 290 painkiller tablets in her suitcase
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Laura Plummer was sentenced to three years in prison after the massive stash of Tramadol was found in her suitcase as she tried to enter the country on holiday
![Ms Plummer's family claim Ms Irvin (pictured) is refusing to help and has blocked their calls, as Ms Irvin insisted she had given the pills over the first place](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/10/16/47C87EC300000578-5255063-image-a-44_1515601446697.jpg)
Ms Plummer’s family claim Ms Irvin (pictured) is refusing to help and has blocked their calls, as Ms Irvin insisted she had given the pills over the first place
Humberside Police announced today that it had started an investigation into how she got hold of the prescription medication.
Ms Plummer was arrested at Hurghada airport on October 9 when she flew into the Red Sea resort and claims to have had no idea of the crime she was committing.
She told a court how the tablets were for her Egyptian partner Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain. She was sentenced on Boxing Day.
Detective Inspector Jon Cross, of Humberside Police, said: ‘Following the arrest and subsequent conviction of Laura Plummer, we are looking into the circumstances of how the prescription drugs came to be in her possession and if any further individual has committed any offences.
‘This investigation is still ongoing. If you have information you believe could assist us in this inquiry, please call 101.’
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![She told a court how the tablets were for her Egyptian partner Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain. She was sentenced on Boxing Day.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/10/16/47FA663D00000578-5255063-image-a-49_1515601497299.jpg)
Ms Plummer told a court how the tablets were for her Egyptian partner Omar Caboo (right), who suffers from severe back pain. She was sentenced on Boxing Day
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Humberside Police announced today that it had started an investigation into how Ms Plummer got hold of the prescription medication
Ms Irvin’s brother Kym Stark told The Sun that it was her sister who had given the pills to Ms Plummer, and that she was ‘just trying to do a friend a favour’.
He added: ‘Donna is on these pills all the time. She has been on painkillers since she was a little girl and had a massive back operation recently.’
After receiving her sentence, the pretty shop worker begged her mother Roberta Sinclair, 63, why her friend was refusing to help.
Laura cried: ‘Why isn’t she helping? How can she live with herself knowing that I am here and she is partly responsible. Why won’t Donna help me?’
But as Laura languishes in prison her former friend Donna has flown to Amsterdam for a city break.
She still works at ladies fashion chain Quiz Clothing in Hull, where she first met Laura.