Two British drug mules escaped severe penalty after they were sentenced to six years and eight months in prison after trying to smuggle 11 kilograms worth £1.5million out of the Peru.

However, both Melissa Reid, 20, of Glasgow and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, of Dungannon, will be detained along with other hardended criminals in Peru's notorious prisonhouse in Virgen de Fatima. They got off easy after pleading guilty to the drug charge as well as turning in valuable information regarding the mastermind cartel.

The two women were dubbed "Peru Two" by the local media.

Daily Mail reported that both foreigners would be released in 30 months for good behavior, which means they can be freed by 2016. Under Peru laws, both drug mules should have been sentenced to 15 years.

Their defense lawyer, Meyer Fishman, said the sentence actually worked in favor of the "Peru Two" drug mules describing the ruling as "least worst option."

Although they are liable for early release in theory, Fishman said it's not a given since some judges will approve the petition and "some judges that say no."

Initially, the two drug mules claimed innocence by saying they were duped into becoming drug mules by an unidentified man from Ibiza. They also claimed to being abducted and forced by a criminal syndicate to smuggle the drugs from Peru to Spain.

They pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and petitioned the court to be considered for the "early termination" process. Early termination is a procedure that allows the prosecution and defense to reach an agreement.

The judge will then hand out a ruling based on the sentence agreed by both parties. However, the guilty plea will only be accepted "only when it is sincere and there is a full acceptance of responsibility," according to Peruvian law.