National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have charged three people with drug smuggling offences after they tried to bring £3.6m worth of cocaine into Heathrow Airport.

The trio were all on board a plane which flew in from Montego Bay in Jamaica and landed at Heathrow on Monday evening (29 April).

NCA investigators were brought in after the men were stopped by Border Force officers, who had recovered around 45 kilos of cocaine from three suitcases.

The drugs would have had an estimated street value of around £3.6 million says the NCA.

After interviewing the men, NCA officers charged Anthony Cameron, aged 72, of Millmead Road, Birmingham; Barry Costello, aged 63, of Mountfield Way, Orpington; a 17-year-old from Orpington with importing class A drugs.

All three appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates yesterday, Wednesday 1 May.

Following their arrest, NCA senior investigating officer, Ian Truby, said: "These were significant seizures, and in making them we have denied a significant amount of criminal profit.

"The NCA continues to works closely with our partners at Border Force to protect the public and prevent class A drugs reaching the streets of the UK."

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