The father of a British woman being held on suspicion of drug-smuggling in Peru has had an emotional reunion with his daughter.
William Reid told Melissa Reid, who turns 20 today, to "be strong" and vowed to bring her home after flying to the capital Lima.
Ms Reid, from Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire, and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, are suspected of trying to leave the country with £1.5m worth of cocaine in their luggage.
They were detained while trying to board a flight from the Peruvian capital to Spain last week.
The pair both deny the accusations, and say they are victims of a violent gang who coerced them into carrying the drugs.
Lawyer Peter Madden, who is representing Ms McCollum Connolly, is expected to arrive in Peru later on Friday.
As he left Belfast for Lima he said she would deny any allegations if charged, but warned that legal proceedings could be lengthy.
He said: "She is saying she has done nothing wrong, that she is innocent and that as far as any offences are concerned, if she is charged she will be denying it."
According to the Daily Mail, during their meeting at the Dirando police station, Ms Reid told her father: "They made me do it."
She told him that while she worked on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza she was introduced to a British man who eventually forced her into meeting a gang of Colombian gangsters, who put a gun to her head.
She told her father the gang forced her to fly to Peru, saying: "I wanted to tell the air hostesses or anyone in the airports, but the men said they would know if we had spoken to anyone, that they were watching all the time.
"It was a choice between doing what I was told and getting it over and done with and hopefully getting back to Spain or trying to escape and being killed."
Ms Reid said she fears evidence in Peru has been contaminated by police because they did not wear gloves as they handled the food bags in which the drugs are said to have been stored, according the newspaper.
When she was told to return to her cell, her father told her: "We will do everything we can to get you out of here. We will work something out."
He told the Irish Independent that he "of course" believes his daughter is innocent, saying she was in the "wrong place at the wrong time".
He added that he is hoping to raise money for his daughter's defence with a new business he is setting up.
He told the newspaper: "It's a new venture, but it's not an easy time to do anything with all this going on.
"At the same time, it'll take loads of money to fund this situation so I'm going to have to get this going and try and earn some money to put into funding my daughter's case."
Police are waiting for a translator before officially questioning the two women, which is expected to happen in the next few days.
They may be held pre-charge for up to 30 days and could then spend up to three years in prison before a trial.
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