A 38-year-old woman was due to appear before magistrates in the region today after being arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of drug smuggling.
The London woman had arrived from Montego Bay, Jamaica, via Atlanta in the United States.
She is accused of smuggling four kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £250,000 in her luggage.
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