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then a little window opened in the door and a man looked out at her yes what do you want I want to see my daughter it's very important name Anna Harland is that your name or your daughter's name it's my name my daughter's name is Sarah Harland you can't visit her today come back on Wednesday no I came from England to see her today it's very important she's going to court tomorrow please take me to her now wait wait a minute the little window closed but the door did not open the woman waited in front

of the door for a long time a lot of people in the road looked at her one or two young men laughed but she did not move she stood there in the hot Road in front of the prison door and waited after 20 minutes the door opened come with me the man said the woman went in with him it was dark in the prison and at first she could not see very well she walked for a long time past hundreds of doors then the man opened one of them in here he said you can have

10 minutes Anna Harland walked into the room and the man went in after her he closed the door behind him there was a table in the room and two chairs on one of the chairs sat her daughter Sarah she was a tall girl about 19 years old with big blue eyes mother she said I'm very happy to see you and she got up and began to run across the room to her mother Sarah Anna said and put out her arms but the man moved quickly and stood between them no he said to Anna I'm sorry

I know you're her mother you can talk but that's all please sit down at the table I am here to watch you the mother and daughter sat down at the table Anna's hands were near Sarah's on the table she looked carefully at her daughter Sarah's dress and face were dirty she's tired and unhappy Anna thought Sarah what happened she said we have 10 minutes to talk no more tell me please quickly I want to help you Sarah looked at her mother oh mother I'm happy you're here I wanted you to come mother I I didn't

do it it isn't true please believe me of course I believe you Sarah but tell me about it what happened quickly begin at the beginning yes but I don't know when did it begin I don't know I don't understand it why did the police arrest you when did they bring you to this prison last week I think yes last week at the airport when we arrived the Police Stopped us and looked in our bags then Sarah looked down at the table she's crying Anna thought she's very unhappy what happened then Sarah her mother asked they

they said there were drugs in my bag then they took me into a room and told me to take my dress off they looked for more drugs but they found nothing then then they brought me here I see where were the drugs then where did they find them oh they didn't tell you Sarah stopped crying she looked up and there was a smile on her face but it was not a happy smile the drugs were in a tube of tooth paste a toothpaste tube with drugs in it heroin not toothpaste and you didn't know about

it no mother of course not do you think I clean my teeth with Heroin Anna Harland smiled it was difficult to smile because she was afraid but she smiled because she wanted to help her daughter I know you don't clean your teeth with Heroin you have very good teeth Sarah but what about Steven did he know about the heroin did he he put it in the toothpaste tube Steven no why do you ask about Steven mother well is he in prison too you said us and our bags did the police arrest him too oh no

sir 's face was unhappy no I wasn't with Steven mother you see Steven and I well we aren't friends now I left him about 2 months ago and then I met Hassan Hassan yes I was with Hassan at the airport Steven was on the plane too I don't know why but he wasn't with me it's Hassan he was with me Hassan's important to me now not Steven Anna looked at her daughter I see and did the police arrest this Hassan too is he in prison yes he is they arrested him but I can't see him

I asked them I wanted to see him but they said no mother I'm sure her Hassan didn't know about the heroin he's a good man he didn't know I'm sure then why was the heroine in your bag Sarah I don't know mother I don't know the man looked at the clock in the room I'm sorry m is Harland he said but that's 10 minutes it's time to go Anna Harland stood up slowly all right she said but don't be afraid Sarah I'm coming to the court tomorrow yes Mother Sarah said thank you the police are

bringing Hassan to court tomorrow too I think you can see him there he's a good man mother and I'm sure he didn't know about the drugs perhaps Anna said she walked slowly to the door and then stood by the door and looked at her daughter again Sarah you are telling me the truth aren't you Sarah began to cry again yes Mother of course I am I always tell you the truth you know that Anna smiled yes Sarah she said quietly yes I believe you she went through the door and the man went out after her

Sarah sat quietly at the table in the room and looked at her hands yes she thought I told told you the truth mother I always tell you the truth but I didn't tell you everything she put her head in her hands chapter 2 Anna Harland left the prison and went to talk to the police she waited a long long time in a small office but after an hour a policeman came into the room he was a big man about 55 years old with brown eyes and a nice smile he moved very slowly and quietly good

afternoon Mrs Harland he said my name is detective inspector Aziz I arrested your daughter 3 days ago I'm very sorry for you this is a very unhappy thing for a mother it's a very unhappy thing for my daughter inspector Anna said angrily because she didn't do it she's innocent you know she knows nothing about those drugs detective inspector Aziz looked at her carefully for a minute he did not know many English women she has an interesting face he thought very blue eyes and a long nose she is not afraid of me and she is not

crying perhaps she wants to know the truth perhaps she can help me too well Mrs Harland he said slowly it's difficult for me is your daughter telling the truth is she innocent because the drugs were in her bag you know I know Anna said but she was with a young man Hanan she doesn't know him very well I think tell me about him please I want to know inspector aiz smiled all right he said but first tell me about your daughter why was she on that plane why did she come to this country tell me

Anna Harland looked at him he's a nice man she thought he listens to people perhaps he wants to help perhaps he can understand and Sarah do you have daughters she asked yes the inspector answered to then perhaps you can understand Anna said Sarah is 19 she finished school last year and she worked for six months mons in a hospital to get some money then she and her boyfriend Steven visited a lot of countries they went to Greece turkey India Australia and now they're here they're young and they want to see new countries and New Towns

and new people people that's all I see the inspector said but sometimes young people do things bad things because they are in a different country and they need money not Sarah Anna said and not heroine Sarah worked in a hospital and she knows about heroin she knows it can kill people I'm a doctor and she wants to be a doctor too I see the inspector said again he looked at her and thought but he said nothing now Anna said tell me about this young man Hassan all right the inspector said he took some papers from

the table and began to read to her but we don't know very much about him he is a rich boy from a good family his father has two or three shops I think and the police in his town know him too last year his father gave him a new car a very fast car and listen to this one day he hit a police car and the police car went into the river what a story his father bought a new car for the police his father has a lot of money the inspector smiled but Anna looked

unhappy oh dear she said that's not very good no he said it isn't good but this story about the heroin is worse much worse I don't like this story chapter 3 next morning Anna Harland went to the court she was first there she sat in the courtroom and waited a lot of people came in and she saw a man and his wife perhaps they hanan's father and mother Anna thought but she did did not want to talk to them the lawyers came in next with a lot of papers they sat at a table in front

of her and talked quietly those two lawyers Anna thought they're old friends but one of them wants my daughter to die and one wants her to be free after the lawyers the jewry came in 12 people men and women they sat down and watched the lawyers they looked at Anna and then talked quietly about her these people don't look very important she thought but they are the most important people here they're going to say she did it or she didn't do it and then Sarah comes home to me or she dies she watched their faces

carefully then some policemen came in inspector Aziz saw Anna and smiled at her but Anna did not talk to him because Sarah came in at the same time she looked looked afraid and her face was very white she looked across the courtroom saw her mother and gave her an unhappy smile there were two policemen behind Sarah but Anna did not look at them she looked at the tall dark dark young man next to Sarah Hassan he's about 20 years old Anna thought he's very tall but he has a nice face and very beautiful dark eyes

Sarah likes him and I can understand that but he looks very unhappy too and Afraid his hands are moving all the time Hassan looked at Sarah and smiled she smiled back at him Anna wanted to talk to Sarah but just then a policeman said loudly all stand please everybody stood up and the judge came into the courtroom he went to his chair and sat down the police lawyer began these two young people came into our country last week he said the young man lives in this country and the young woman is English at the airport

the police looked in their bags and they found three tubes of toothpaste these tubes of toothpaste he had the three tubes in his hand and he looked at them everybody could see them but are they tubes of toothpaste he asked no men and women of the jury they are not oh no there is no tooth toothpaste in these tubes there is heroin in them yes heroin a bad dirty drug perhaps the worst drug people die from this drug the white death they call it the lawyer stopped and looked at the jury he waited for a

minute or two the courtroom was very quiet then he began again but why you ask me why did these two young people have this heroin in their bags I can't tell you because heroin is one of the most expensive drugs too they can sell these tubes of heroin in our country for perhaps £80,000 £80,000 easy money and men and women of the jury many people in our country young people school children too take this drug at first it's exciting and they feel happy but then they need more and more heroin and they need more money

to buy the drug they leave their home and families they take more heroin and more they can't stop soon the drug begins to kill them and in the end they die the white death it's not a quick death and it's not an easy death you yes men and women of the jury many young people and children your children and my children remember die because of this drug the lawyer stopped again the jury watched him and waited he's very good Anna thought very very good he's telling the jury an exciting story and they like him but

it isn't good for Sarah the lawyer walked across the courtroom and stood in front of the jury but my friends he said to the jury we we have a law in this country and the law is not difficult to understand when people bring heroine into this country they bring death too we need to stop these people and how can we do that the answer is easy the law for these people is death the lawyer walked back to his table now please look at these two young people here in this court he said to the jury

they brought heroin into this country the airport police are going to tell you about it please listen carefully it's not a long story and remember the law is death the police lawyer sat down and an airport policeman went to the front of the courtroom Anna felt ill she looked at Sarah Sarah was white-faced and very afraid Anna closed her eyes Sarah she thought oh Sarah the police lawyer stood up again please tell the court about Sarah Harland and Hassan he said to the airport policeman yes sir said the policeman I found two tubes of toothpaste

in the girl's bag and one tube in the young man's bag all three tubes had heroin in them thank you the police lawyer sat down and Mr Chang Sarah's and Hassan's lawyer stood up what did Sarah Harland say when you found the heroine he asked nothing sir she began to cry I see was she afraid the policeman thought for a minute I don't know sir perhaps she was yes and she said said nothing are you sure the policeman thought again well yes sir I think perhaps she said this isn't my toothpaste this is all wrong

I see and what about the young man Hassan what did did he say well sir he was very angry he said it's not heroin that's not true you put it there I see thank you now tell me why did you look in these two young people's bags you don't usually look in everyone's bags there isn't time the policeman thought again well no sir we don't I I'm afraid I can't tell you sir what did you say Mr Chang asked very angrily of course you can't tell me this is a court of law he looked at

the judge this is a very important question we need an answer the judge looked at the airport policeman I am sorry he said please answer the question the court needs to know the answer yes sir well you see there was a telephone call someone telephoned me before the plane arrived the telephone caller said there's some heroin on the plane a young man and a young woman are carrying it I see Mr Chang said he smiled that's very interesting and who made this telephone call I don't know the policeman said it was a man and he

talked in English I don't know his name suddenly Anna heard a noise she looked behind her at the door of the courtroom a tall young man came into the back of the room Anna knew him at once it was Steven Sarah's old boyfriend a policeman took him to a chair near Anna he saw Anna and for a second he looked afraid but then he smiled and sat down next to her Mrs Harland he said quietly it's good to see you when did you arrive yesterday she said why are you late I couldn't find the court

he answered he looked very unhappy tell me how to help he said I want to help Sarah but what can I do I was on the plane too but I couldn't help her I don't want her to die stay with me young man Anna said quietly we can help her I'm sure we can later that morning Sarah went to the front of the courtroom her face was very white and her eyes were red with crying her lawyer Mr Chang began to ask her questions now miss Harlot why did you come to this country he asked

quietly and smiled at her because I like going to different countries I want to meet meet new people and why were you with this young man because Sarah stopped and looked down at her feet nobody could see her face she began again very quietly but nobody could hear her I'm sorry we can't hear you can you say that again please Sarah looked up she looked quickly at her mother and then at her son because I love him Anna felt old and tired she looked at the tall young man with the beautiful dark eyes it was

was his heroine she thought I'm sure it was he buys and sells heroin and he put it in my daughter's bag and now she says she loves him Steven sat next to her he did not move and he watched Sarah all the time but she did not look at him Mr Chang waited a minute and then he questioned Sarah again did you know about the heroin in those tubes of toothpaste he asked no Sarah said quickly of course I didn't and what about Hassan did he know about the heroin please think about your answer no

I'm sure he didn't know it wasn't our heroine Sarah's blue eyes were angry we didn't put the heroin in the toothpaste tubes we're innocent thank you Miss land Mr Chang said quietly and sat down the police lawyer stood up Miss Harland how much money did you have in your bag um about £50 I think that's not very much this is an expensive country you know how much can you buy with your 50 Sarah did not have an answer um I don't know she began I usually live very cheaply did you need more money the lawyer's

questions came quickly now of course you needed more money you wanted to sell that heroin you wanted to be rich is that right no no that's not true the lawyer said nothing for a minute he looked at the jury and smiled then he said do you think toothpaste is very expensive in this country Miss Harland uh no I don't think uh I don't know well I can tell you it isn't toothpaste is cheap here so why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you how often do you clean your teeth Miss har six times

a day or seven or eight times a day perhaps Sarah looked very unhappy no I don't know Hanan yes the lawyer said quickly Hassan are you going to say Hassan gave it to me you love this young man but you don't want to die nobody wants to die and now you're going to say it was Hassan's toothpaste is that your answer Miss Harland no Sarah said angrily of course not it was my toothpaste but thank you Miss Harland the police lawyer sat down I have no no more questions