Two jailed for cocaine smuggling

The pair carried cocaine in their suitcases

A man and a woman who tried to smuggle cocaine through Birmingham airport have been jailed.

Stanislav Sasmil, 25, was jailed for eight years, six months, and Sandra Marisa Soares da Rocha, 26, for eight years for importing Class A drugs.

Mr Sasmil, from Estonia, and Ms Soares da Rocha, from Portugal, were caught with 4.2 kilos of cocaine in February.

The pair, from Wylds Lane, Worcester, were jailed at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday.

The cocaine, with a street value of about £200,000, was found concealed in their suitcases on 1 February, HM Revenue and Customs said.

It was detected after they arrived on a flight from Banjul, in The Gambia, via Brussels.