Peru drugs accused Michaella McCollum kidnapped: solicitor 17 August 2013 Last updated at 12:12 A solicitor for a Northern Irish woman accused of cocaine smuggling in Peru has said she had been "kidnapped" and forced to carry the drugs under threat. Michaella McCollum, from Dungannon and Melissa Reid, from Lenzie near Glasgow, both 20, are accused of trying to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine. Solicitor Peter Madden visited Ms McCollum on Friday. "She was in fact kidnapped, held at gunpoint and forced by threat to obtain and carry drugs back to Lima," Mr Madden said. She is now prepared and ready to give full details to the police who are in a questioning process. He said the two women were likely to appear in court next week. "Once that questioning process is over, the questions and answers go to a judge, who will then decide whether there's a prime facie case and that'll probably be next week, possibly Tuesday or Wednesday," he said. Melissa is already in the process of being questioned during this procedure and that's wrapping up now, then Michaella will be questioned in the same process. I think there is a hope, but it depends very much on the prosecuting authorities here as to whether or not they're going to do this in a fair way, because the process here seems to be that once you're charged there's no bail for these type of offences and she will have to go to trial. Ms McCollum's brother Keith also visited her on Friday. Doubt cast on claims The two women have previously claimed they were forced into carrying the drugs by a gang in Ibiza. However, in an interview with the BBC, the head of Ibiza's police investigation into the drug trafficking claims cast doubt on claims they were coerced into trying to smuggle the drugs. "Sincerely, with my experience, I don't think these girls were forced to do this," he said. The pair could face lengthy prison sentences if found guilty of drug smuggling.