A string of passengers travelling from Los Angeles to Heathrow were found with around 750lbs of cannabis worth £5.5 million, triggering a criminal investigation.
Nine US nationals have been arrested and charged in the past week after being stopped at the Central London airport in the space of less than seven days.
The National Crime Agency said each suspect was found with between 66lbs and 110lbs (30kg and 50kg) of cannabis in bags that had been checked in.
The first passenger was stopped on Tuesday January 10, then another on Friday 13, two more the following day, four on the Sunday and one on Monday.
A string of passengers travelling from Los Angeles to Heathrow were found with around 750lbs of cannabis worth £5.5 million, triggering a criminal investigation. Above: Some of the seized drugs
They have all been charged with attempting to import class B drugs.
NCA senior investigating officer Darren Barr said: 'We are working to understand how these seizures are connected.
'However, to get this many off the same route in such a short period of time is clearly very unusual.
'Drugs couriers face stiff sentences so I'd urge anyone considering getting involved in such ventures to think very carefully about the consequences.'
Nine US nationals have been arrested and charged in the past week after being stopped at the Central London airport in the space of less than seven days
The first passenger was stopped on Tuesday January 10, then another on Friday 13, two more the following day, four on the Sunday and one on Monday (file photo)
Steve Dann, Border Force Chief Operating Officer, said: 'Drugs fuel violence and chaos on the streets and inflict suffering in communities across the UK.
'Thanks to the work by Border Force, these dangerous drugs were stopped from reaching Britain's streets and causing significant harm to our neighbourhoods.'
It comes after a male sex worker was caught attempting to smuggle 101 packages of cocaine into the UK via Heathrow.
Luan Irving Dos Santos Monteiro, 31, originally from Macapá in Brazil, was detained by Border Force officers look at here now Heathrow Airport on Christmas Eve in 2020.
He claimed he had been working as a drug mule to pay off his debts during the coronavirus pandemic
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Nine US nationals caught smuggling £5.5m of cannabis into Heathrow
por Bettye Gaertner (2023-03-10)
A string of passengers travelling from Los Angeles to Heathrow were found with around 750lbs of cannabis worth £5.5 million, triggering a criminal investigation.
Nine US nationals have been arrested and charged in the past week after being stopped at the Central London airport in the space of less than seven days.
The National Crime Agency said each suspect was found with between 66lbs and 110lbs (30kg and 50kg) of cannabis in bags that had been checked in.
The first passenger was stopped on Tuesday January 10, then another on Friday 13, two more the following day, four on the Sunday and one on Monday.
A string of passengers travelling from Los Angeles to Heathrow were found with around 750lbs of cannabis worth £5.5 million, triggering a criminal investigation. Above: Some of the seized drugs
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They have all been charged with attempting to import class B drugs.
NCA senior investigating officer Darren Barr said: 'We are working to understand how these seizures are connected.
'However, to get this many off the same route in such a short period of time is clearly very unusual.
'Drugs couriers face stiff sentences so I'd urge anyone considering getting involved in such ventures to think very carefully about the consequences.'
Nine US nationals have been arrested and charged in the past week after being stopped at the Central London airport in the space of less than seven days
The first passenger was stopped on Tuesday January 10, then another on Friday 13, two more the following day, four on the Sunday and one on Monday (file photo)
Steve Dann, Border Force Chief Operating Officer, said: 'Drugs fuel violence and chaos on the streets and inflict suffering in communities across the UK.
'Thanks to the work by Border Force, these dangerous drugs were stopped from reaching Britain's streets and causing significant harm to our neighbourhoods.'
It comes after a male sex worker was caught attempting to smuggle 101 packages of cocaine into the UK via Heathrow.
Luan Irving Dos Santos Monteiro, 31, originally from Macapá in Brazil, was detained by Border Force officers look at here now Heathrow Airport on Christmas Eve in 2020.
He claimed he had been working as a drug mule to pay off his debts during the coronavirus pandemic