Drugs found in luggage at airport

Up to six kilos (13.2lbs) of cocaine have been seized at Birmingham Airport.

Customs officers said the drugs, with an estimated value of £270,000, were found on Friday in luggage from a flight from Duala, Cameroon, via Paris.

A male Dutch national was remanded in custody by magistrates in Solihull accused of the illegal importation of class A drugs, the spokesman added.

It is the third seizure of the drug by customs officers at the airport in the past 12 days.

John Theobald, senior investigation officer for HM Revenue and Customs, said: "This further haul of class A drugs this month shows the success of our operations to stem the flow of drugs reaching the streets of the West Midlands."