High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule
In 2013, Michaella McCollum from Northern Ireland and Melissa Reid from Scotland were caught at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine into Spain. The pair, also known as the `Peru Two,' were sentenced to almost seven years in one of the most notorious prisons in the world. The series provides a first-hand account from Michaella, a former club hostess in the Spanish nightlife, as she traces her journey from arriving in the foreign country for her first holiday to her downward spiral into the illicit world of drugs and excess.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Jul 05, 2021
- Popularity: 6.5635
- 11 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
Blast! Films (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Jul 14, 2021
Last episode: Episode 5
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 5 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 134 min
Aged 19 and bored of where she grew up, Michaella craved sun and adventure. But her dream turned into a nightmare as she fell into an illicit world of drugs and excess.
Episode 2Episode 237 min
Michaella tells the story of finding herself 5,000 miles from home in Peru, pretending to be a tourist at Machu Picchu, then walking 12kg of cocaine into an airport.
Episode 3Episode 333 min
Michaella describes how she walked into Lima airport with a suitcase full of cocaine, hoping that everything she had been told about how easy it would be was true.
Episode 4Episode 433 min
Michaella describes the dilemma she faced: stick to her story about being forced to carry the drugs and face 15 years in jail, or come clean and break her mother’s heart.
Episode 5Episode 542 min
Despite being sentenced to nearly seven years in a maximum security prison, Michaella was home in less than three. She reveals how she got out and how prison changed her for the better.
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