Soldier held over 5 kg cocaine smuggling in GB
18:40, 10 January 2014
LONDON. January 10. KAZINFORM - Serving British soldier arrested at Heathrow airport for allegedly smuggling 5kg of cocaine, BBC reports.
Private Daryl Archer, 26, based at the Colchester barracks in Essex, was arrested at Terminal One after arriving back from Brazil.
The soldier, who is with 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, was arrested on Wednesday.
He is due to appear at Isleworth Court in Greater London later this month. He faces a single charge of attempting to import the class A drug into the country. He has been remanded in custody.
The case will be heard on 23 January.