The Peruvian police investigation into drug trafficking claims against two UK women is expected to be passed to the state prosecutor’s office later so formal charges can be made.
Melissa Reid, from Lenzie near Glasgow, and Michaella McCollum, from Dungannon, both 20, are accused of trying to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine.
Police say it was found in food packets in their luggage at Lima airport.
Both deny the allegations, saying armed men forced them to carry the bags.
The pair could face lengthy prison sentences if found guilty of drug smuggling.
The BBC’s Will Grant, in Lima, said that two weeks after their arrest for attempting to carry 24lb (11kg) of cocaine out of the city’s airport, Ms McCollum and Ms Reid would soon find out the exact nature of the charges against them.
Peru anti-drug police’s lead investigator, Tito Perez, told the BBC his unit had been checking into the women’s version of events by travelling to the hotels they had stayed in.
Officers had also gathered video evidence from the city of Cusco where they claimed the drug gang had taken them.
The report is due to form the basis of the pre-trial hearing which will determine what the two young women will be charged with.
If refused bail, they could face up to three years in jail before trial.
Legal experts in Peru suggest the normal charge in such a case would be for drug smuggling, which carries an average sentence of about eight to nine years in prison.
If they are accused of being members of a criminal organisation, they could face harsher sentences.
The BBC has spoken to a number of Europeans in jail in Lima.
Several said that, despite claiming to have had drugs planted on them, they had eventually pleaded guilty to receive a lesser sentence.
Source-BBC
