BREAKING NEWS UK couple are 'caught with 33kg of cannabis in their suitcases' after flying into Spain from Thailand - the latest British tourists to face drug charges after flying out of the country
The pair were remanded in custody after suspicious officers picked them out from other passengers arriving at Valencia Airport because of their 'nervous and evasive attitude.'
They were languishing in prison today after being accused of drug trafficking.
The latest arrests follow those of a string of British female smugglers caught illegally transporting drugs worth up to millions of pounds.
A 23-year-old British woman in Ghana was arrested last week after being accused of attempting to bring up to 18kg of cannabis into the UK on a May 18 British Airways flight to Gatwick.
Earlier this month, Bella May Culley, 18, sparked a massive international search operation after she was reported missing while she was believed to be holidaying in Thailand.
However, it was later revealed that the teen, from Billingham, County Durham, had been arrested 4,000 miles away on drug offences in Georgia, allegedly carrying 30 pounds (14kg) of cannabis into the ex-Soviet nation.
And recently 21-year-old Charlotte Lee May, from Coulsdon, south London, was arrested in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo after police discovered 46 kg of 'Kush' - a synthetic strain of cannabis - in her suitcase.
The former flight attendant, facing up to 25 years in prison if convicted, is claiming she had 'no idea' about the drugs worth up to POUNDS 1.2 million and insisting they must have been planted in her luggage without her knowledge.
Confirming the latest arrests, a spokesman for the Civil Guard in Valencia said: 'The Civil Guard and Tax Agency have arrested two people on a flight from France for carrying more than 33 kilograms of vacuum-packed marijuana in their suitcases.
'The two passengers, a British man and woman, were displaying a nervous and evasive attitude and were stopped before they reached customs control.
'They said they were coming from Thailand and were entering Spain as tourists and had nothing to declare.
'Following standard procedure, their suitcases were put through a specialist scanner which showed up a large amount of organic material in both but no clothes or personal belongings.
'The cases were subsequently opened in their presence and found to contain a substance which tested positive in the cannabis-marijuana drugs test.
'The drugs were subsequently confirmed to be 33,540 grams of marijuana.
'The British man and woman were subsequently arrested for a crime of drug trafficking and remanded in prison following a court appearance.'
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