15-member crew of a South African Airways jetliner was arrested today at London's Heathrow Airport

15-member crew of a South African Airways jetliner was arrested today at London's Heathrow Airport after border agents found 110 pounds of marijuana and about 10 pounds of cocaine in three suitcases, AFP reports. The crew — 10 women and five men, including the pilot — was detained while passing through a customs checkpoint, shortly after landing on the flight from Johannesburg. The pot was valued at $210,000 and the coke roughly $320,000."Interviews will be taking place and will probably go into tomorrow, and then we will decide whether we are going to charge anyone," a Revenue and Customs spokesman said.

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Robert Bennett smuggling £400,000 worth of cocaine into Heathrow Airport from Argentina.

30-year-old man has been jailed for 10 years for smuggling £400,000 worth of cocaine into Heathrow Airport from Argentina.Robert Bennett, from Dart Close in Finchampstead, admitted one count of custom evasion at Isleworth Crown Court yesterday.
He was arrested and later charged after a 10kg haul of Class A drugs was found in baggage at Terminal Four on a flight from Buenos Aires on Christmas Eve.
Bennett was also given a travel restriction order for five years and there will be a confiscation hearing on July 4.

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