Doubts over Peru drug suspects story as pictures emerge A picture has emerged of two women, suspected of trying to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine from Peru,relaxing with beers days before they were caught. Michaella McCollum, 20, from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, in Northern Ireland, and Melissa Reid, 20, from Glasgow, have spent the last two weeks in custody over drug trafficking which they say they were coerced into at gunpoint. They will find out today if they are to be charged. Further questions about the two women's version of events were raised following the emergence of photographs that allegedly show them posing on a balcony and on a beach with glasses of beer days before they were arrested at Lima airport. The pair say they were told to take photos of themselves at tourist spots to make it look like they were friends travelling together, the Daily Mail said. Ms Reid's father William Reid, who has flown to Peru to be with his daughter, agreed the photos were ambiguous, but told the newspaper: "I want to know who took that picture of them on their balcony. Was it taken by a third person or by a minder, and who was drinking the beer? That wasn't Melissa's beer in the photo because I have never in my entire life seen her drink beer. She drinks a lot of water and, if she is drinking, it would be vodka. He added: "I believe the trip to the beach was part of a set-up that they asked them to smile to build up a portrayal of them as happy holidaymakers. Melissa said they had been told by the men that they weren't smiling enough in the pictures and they told them to look happier. I can only go by what I have been firmly told by the girls. The two girls" stories are very tight, very consistent, with a lot of detail and they seem to be telling the truth, as far as I can gauge." He added that Ms Reid had never shown an interest in going to Peru, and was already on her "dream holiday," saying: "To me, that suggests she was not there willingly." Arrest The pair were arrested while trying to board a flight from Lima to Madrid. Peruvian police said they found around 11 kilos (24lb) of cocaine hidden inside food packages. Officers say they have concluded their initial investigation into the case with their findings forming the basis of a pre-trial hearing that will determine what the pair are to be charged with. Detectives will present their case to the district attorney of Lima at a hearing today. If refused bail, the women face up to three years in jail before a trial. They both deny the allegations and claim they were forced to carry the bags by armed men. Both women travelled separately to the party island of Ibiza in search of work this summer. Before news of the arrests broke, the family of Ms McCollum, a photography student and former nightclub hostess, had launched an internet campaign, fearing she was missing. Meanwhile, a senior Spanish police officer said he did not believe they had been acting under duress. First sergeant Alberto Arian Barilla, head of the Ibiza police unit responsible for countering organised crime, told the BBC: "In my experience, I don't think these two girls were forced to do this because - particularly when you go to South America - you need to pass several controls. "The first thing you do is go to the passport control and say "Listen, this is what is happening to me." The policeman will react so I don't think they were forced.