A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) crew member arrested at Manchester Airport on April 12 has been charged with “importing heroin” with intent to supply after the UK Border Agency officials established that the heroin the woman was carrying belonged to her.
According to news reports, the Pakistani woman was carrying half a kilo heroin. Border Force officers at Manchester Airport said that the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is also part of the investigating team.
The officials said the 59-year-old woman named Toheed Alam was stopped as she came through customs on a flight from Lahore, carrying a laptop and another bag.
After being caught by the airport security, she appeared before the Trafford Magistrates Court and was charged with importing heroin.
“She has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Manchester Crown Court on 3rd May for a preliminary hearing,” said an official. It has been reported that the border officials investigating the smuggling of heroin by Toheed Alam have investigated five other Pakistanis as well, including the son of the woman who lives in Manchester, but he has not been charged.
The amount of cocaine estimated to be imported annually into the UK is between 25-30 tonnes and most of it comes from Colombia, or from the border areas of Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
my question is why the PIA has an airhostess on the age of 59 !!! i mean i want a single reason to understand this missing !!
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