Suspected drug smuggler from St Albans caught with £280,000 haul
11:08am Thursday 19th November 2009 in News
A 22-year-old man from St Albans has been charged with attempting to smuggle seven kilos of cocaine - with an estimated street value of £280,000 - into the UK.
Rick Warby, of Norris Close, London Colney, was stopped by UK Border Agency officers allegedly attempting to smuggle the haul into the country at Heathrow Airport yesterday.
He had just arrrived at the London airport on a flight from Santiago via Madrid.
Warby was arrested, interviewed by HM Revenue and Customs investigators and subsequently charged.
He appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court today and has been remanded in custody, due to appear at the same court on November 24.
Peter Avery, criminal investigor at HMRC said: “HMRC investigators and our UK Border Agency colleagues are determined to stop Class A drugs reaching our streets."
Anyone with information about drug smuggling is urged to call the Customs' Hotline on 0800 59 5000.
