76 year old admits drug smuggling charges
13.02.10
A 76-year-old has admitted charges of attempting to smuggle two kilos of cocaine into the UK through Heathrow. UK Border Agency officers arrested British citizen Derek Orton after he arrived on a flight from Nairobi in to Terminal 5 yesterday. The Class A drug, with a street value of £80,000, was found in baggage.
Mr Orton, who was born in Alresford, Essex, but lives in Kampala, Uganda was charged with attempting to import a Class A drug, and appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates today. He pleaded guilty and is now before Isleworth Crown Court on March 25 for sentencing.
Peter Avery, Assistant Director of the UK Border Agency’s Criminal & Financial Investigation team, said: 'We are determined to stop Class A drugs reaching our streets.’
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