Crime Correspondent: Gatwick Airport

Ting Ting Tran, 18, of Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, east London, and a 17 year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were arrested

Ting Ting Tran, 18, of Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, east London, and a 17 year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were arrested

Ting Ting Tran, 18, of Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, east London, and a 17 year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were arrested by U...

Chris Lewis has denied trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cocaine through Gatwick Airport.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFZeQk2zLVCKBidvLSkR4gIMGv8TpDnEgkMDnxDu_owx2Tb0zBL30vYvUUdg8zOqIjjUnMWU1ttyVOMFT5qboOSck5j2MESkxvPvkZUtqJA9w17Db4uSUzcYMgGCcUFMSnCCnw2_xwK8/s1600-h/chrislewis.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304740313467181474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFZeQk2zLVCKBidvLSkR4gIMGv8TpDnEgkMDnxDu_owx2Tb0zBL30vYvUUdg8zOqIjjUnMWU1ttyVOMFT5qboOSck5j2MESkxvPvkZUtqJA9w17Db4uSUzcYMgGCcUFMSnCCnw2_xwK8/s320/chrislewis.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 264px;" /></a> Chris Lewis has denied trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cocaine through Gatwick Airport. Chris Lewis, 41, who played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals in the 1990s, appeared at Croydon Crown Court along side co-defendant basketball player Chad Kirnon, 27 who also pleaded not guilty.The two men were arrested at Gatwick Airport on December 8. The drug was in liquid form concealed in fruit tins and discovered as part of routine checks at the airport. Both were remanded in custody and their trial listed for May 11.

Chris Lewis has denied trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cocaine through Gatwick Airport.

Chris Lewis has denied trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cocaine through Gatwick Airport. Chris Lewis, 41, who played 32 Tests and 53 one...

Chris Lewis has appeared in court charged with trying to smuggle cocaine with an estimated value of £200,000 through Gatwick Airport.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnke3sBHYrU5e7AZI6C21gTtlp1hYLd20rV1W8TKzb7KAjtYD5JFHGsB-0t6juJoqy4cdB73nyWrdvdug-jWiiY4qIrtaahluys6T8ZTVJ5iaagF25tJaNxmlCiVCWiJKXU23UOzuixwU/s1600-h/chris.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294031839282068994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnke3sBHYrU5e7AZI6C21gTtlp1hYLd20rV1W8TKzb7KAjtYD5JFHGsB-0t6juJoqy4cdB73nyWrdvdug-jWiiY4qIrtaahluys6T8ZTVJ5iaagF25tJaNxmlCiVCWiJKXU23UOzuixwU/s200/chris.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a> Chris Lewis has appeared in court charged with trying to smuggle cocaine with an estimated value of £200,000 through Gatwick Airport.The 40-year-old, of Bruce Road, Brent, north London, appeared via video link at Mid Sussex Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, alongside co-defendant Chad Kirnon, of Islington, also north London. Lewis has not entered a plea but Kirnon denies the charge of attempting to import cocaine.No applications for bail were made and the pair were remanded in custody to appear at Croydon Crown Court next month.The charges relate to a routine search of baggage by customs officials after a flight from St Lucia in the Caribbean arrived at Gatwick on December 8.

Chris Lewis has appeared in court charged with trying to smuggle cocaine with an estimated value of £200,000 through Gatwick Airport.

Chris Lewis has appeared in court charged with trying to smuggle cocaine with an estimated value of £200,000 through Gatwick Airport.The 40-...

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was further detained by police after he appeared in court to be charged with attempted drug smuggling.

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was further detained by police Wednesday after he appeared in court to be charged with attempted drug smuggling.The 40-year-old former allrounder was arrested last month at Gatwick Airport when nearly 9lb (4kg) of liquid cocaine, worth about 200,000 pounds ($295,910; €229,290), was found in his baggage hidden in fruit tins.Lewis, who played 32 tests and 53 one-day internationals in the 1990s, had flown in from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia with former amateur basketball player Chad Kirnon, who was also charged Wednesday. Lewis spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth during a brief appearance and will reappear at the same court on Jan. 21.Lewis had a low batting average of 23 and retired from county cricket in 2000 because of a persistent hip injury after spells with Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Surrey.He played one match last season for Surrey's Twenty20 team but he scored just two runs and conceded 29 runs off two overs. His attempted comeback then ended because of injury.

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was further detained by police after he appeared in court to be charged with attempted drug smuggling.

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was further detained by police Wednesday after he appeared in court to be charged with attempted drug s...

Chinedu Leonard Momah pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine.

Chinedu Leonard Momah of Lagos received the maximum 235-month prison term.Momah in February pleaded guilty to possession with intent to dist...

Fiona White tried to traffic 14kg of the drug through Gatwick airport

Fiona White, of Cronin Street, Peckham, tried to traffic 14kg of the drug through Gatwick airport on December 20.White has been jailed for n...

Rebekah Mundle,Washington Shearer jailed for 11 years

Rebekah Mundle, aged 23, was jailed for nine years after being stopped at Gatwick Airport as she got off a flight from the Bahamas. A court heard that officials found quantities of the drug hidden in coffee bags within her luggage and that of two other women, who were cleared of a drugs offence.The find led customs officers to Washington Shearer, aged 42, who was jailed for 11 years.Croydon Crown Court heard that Shearer, of Maxwell Road, All Saints, had not been on the women’s flight but had been on their plane for the outward trip.Investigations showed that Shearer had been in phone contact with Mundle and, when his home was searched, coffee of the same brand as discovered in the women’s cases was found.Mundle, of Wheatley Street, Parkfields and Shearer had denied being knowingly concerned in the importation of almost 3kg of the drug.Selina Freeman, aged 23, of Chester Street, Whitmore Reans, and a 17-year-old girl who cannot be named, were also stopped at Gatwick in November 2006, and were cleared of the same offence following the trial of all four defendants.In evidence, all the girls denied knowing they had drugs in their luggage, and Shearer claimed he had had nothing to do with the smuggling arrangements, although he admitted he had flown out to the Bahamas on the same flight as the girls.Recorder Miss Daphne Wickham imposed a travel restriction on Shearer, which prevents him from leaving the country for four years after he is released from prison.She told Mundle: “Shearer had a great influence on you.”

Rebekah Mundle,Washington Shearer jailed for 11 years

Rebekah Mundle, aged 23, was jailed for nine years after being stopped at Gatwick Airport as she got off a flight from the Bahamas. A court ...