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Mother & daughter charged for smuggling cocaine

A Jamaican woman and her mother have been charged with trying to smuggle £800,000 worth of cocaine through London's Gatwick Airport.

Twenty two year old Kerene Taneik Hayles and 44-year old Sandra Lee Grey formerly of Plaistow, East London were arrested on their arrival at Gatwick on a flight from Montego Bay, St. James on Sunday.

About 20 kilograms of cocaine were allegedly found concealed in toiletries in suitcases.

They were charged with attempting to import a class ‘A’ substance, and appeared in court on Monday.

Both women were remanded until a hearing on May 18.



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