A Nigerian air hostess with Arik Air, Chinwendu Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle four kilogram of cocaine into Britain, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) said on Monday.
The 30 year-old hostess, who arrived at the Heathrow Terminal 4 on an Arik Air flight from Lagos, was arrested on Sunday following the discovery of the drugs in an item of luggage, a spokesman for the agency disclosed.
She was charged with attempting to import a Class A substance, and was expected to appear before Uxbridge Magistrates.
“UK Border Agency officers are on constant alert, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep Class A drugs and other banned substances out of the UK,” Marc Owen, director of UKBA operations at Heathrow, said. “We are determined to prevent this terrible trade which can have such a destructive impact on the lives of so many.”
Source: Dailytimes