Drug smuggling

Eleven arrests as drugs gang using Heathrow Airport baggage handlers to 'smuggle cocaine' smashed

A major drugs gang which has used corrupt baggage handlers to smuggle millions of pounds worth of cocaine through Heathrow airport was busted today in a wave of arrests.

A total of 11 people, including one woman, were held as 125 officers from the National Crime Agency and police carried out early-morning raids across London and the South-East. They included three baggage handlers from Heathrow. 

Others detained included people allegedly linked to  drugs barons in South America, from where cocaine and cannabis were being flown in, and alleged British “wholesalers” responsible for selling the drugs to street dealers.