LONDON – A South African Airways crew member has been charged with trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain, after being arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport, immigration officials said yesterday.
Elphia Dlamini, 42, was detained after routine checks on crew on the flight, which had landed from Johannesburg, revealed 3kg of cocaine.The find has an estimated street value of about R1.3m.Dlamini, from Cape Town, was charged with attempting to import a Class A drug and was due to appear in court in Uxbridge, near Heathrow, later on Monday.’UK Border Agency officers are determined to stop illegal drugs reaching our streets,’ said Philip Astle, Heathrow director for the UK Border Agency.At the start of last year, two entire SAA crews were arrested at Heathrow in separate incidents in January and February, after drugs were found in their luggage. Airline crew are subject to the same security checks as ordinary passengers in both Britain and South Africa. – Nampa-Sapa
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