Two charged after 'large amount' of cocaine recovered at Edinburgh airport

Two UK nationals, aged 35 and 42, were stopped as they made a return to the airport on Wednesday July 24.

Two charged after ‘large amount’ of cocaine recovered at Edinburgh airportSNS Group

Two UK nationals have been charged with drug importation offences after a “large amount” of cocaine was seized at Edinburgh Airport.

Two men aged 35 and 42 were stopped as they made a return to the airport on Wednesday July 24.

Both were charged in connection with the recovery and appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday, July 26.

A statement from the National Crime Agency read: “Two UK nationals have been charged with drug importation offences after a large amount of cocaine was recovered at Edinburgh Airport.

“The Organised Crime Partnership, a team of officers from the National Crime Agency and Police Scotland, started an investigation after the two men, aged 35 and 42, were stopped as they returned to the airport on Wednesday.

Both men were charged in connection with the recovery and appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.”

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