June 28, 2010

A South African Airways flight attendant has been charged with trying to smuggle three kilos of cocaine into Britain through Heathrow airport, the UK Border Agency said on Monday.

Elphia Dlamini, 42, was arrested after arriving on a flight from Johannesburg to London on Saturday.

The UK Border Agency said its officers found the cocaine, which had an estimated value of around GBP£120,000 (USD$181,000), on Dlamini during crew clearance checks.

Dlamini, from Cape Town in South Africa, was charged with attempting to import a Class A drug and remanded in custody at Uxbridge Magistrates court, southeast England.

She will reappear at the court on July 6.

(Reuters)

Where's the surprise in that? FA's been smuggling all kinds of stuff since airlines began.