Big cocaine find revealed
08.02.08
A big cocaine haul - worth more than £1m - was seized at Birmingham Airport last Friday (February 1), it was revealed yesterday. Customs officers discovered 8 kilos of the drug concealed inside two suitcases that arrived on a flight from Bangul in Gambia.
The value of the find is estimated at around £500,000, with the street value double or treble this amount. Three people were arrested in connection with the find. Stanislav Sasmil, 24, and Sandra Marisa Soares da Rocha, 26, were both remanded in custody until March 3 - charged with drug smuggling offences. A 53-year old man was also arrested but not charged.
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