UK: Heathrow security worker arrested with cocaine stash

Officials say the Colombian man had just arrived on a flight from the Colombian capital Bogota.

By: AP | London | Published: November 25, 2017 2:42 pm
heathrow, drug trafficking, uk airport, drug peddler arrested, world news, indian express Officials say the Colombian man had just arrived on a flight from the Colombian capital Bogota.

British officials say a Heathrow Airport security worker has been arrested in an airport toilet after seven kilograms of cocaine was seized. The National Crime Agency said Saturday the 30-year-old man, from London, was arrested Thursday with a 37-year-old Colombian man in a lavatory in Terminal 5 at Heathrow. Officials say the Colombian man had just arrived on a flight from the Colombian capital Bogota.

Another man was arrested in the arrivals airport of the busy international airport and a fourth man was arrested at a London residential address. All four are being questioned on suspicion of importing drugs.