Article: DRUG SMUGGLER HOME, BEARING TEARS, REGRET.(NEWS)

Byline: Associated Press

CHANTILLY, Va. -- Contrite over her attempt to smuggle heroin out of Bangladesh, an American woman says her 4 1/2 years in a rat- and roach-infested prison should serve as a cautionary lesson for others.

''Don't take the risk,'' Eliadah ''Lia'' McCord said Wednesday after her arrival at Dulles International Airport with the congressman who helped secure her release.

''They'll flash the money in front of you . . . but they never mention the low side,'' she said. '''I have lost four and a half years.''

Although Ms. McCord long had maintained her innocence, telling prosecutors she was duped into smuggling seven ...

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