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| Children stopped 'carrying drugs' | Children stopped 'carrying drugs' |
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| A Mexican woman and two children are being questioned by Heathrow customs officers after drugs were found strapped to the legs of two children. | A Mexican woman and two children are being questioned by Heathrow customs officers after drugs were found strapped to the legs of two children. |
| HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said 33lbs (15 kgs) of cocaine were found on two youngsters searched by officers at the west London airport on Wednesday. | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said 33lbs (15 kgs) of cocaine were found on two youngsters searched by officers at the west London airport on Wednesday. |
| According to HMRC the drugs had a street value of £675,000. | |
| The children being held, a girl, 11 and a boy, 13, had arrived with a woman on a flight from Mexico City. | The children being held, a girl, 11 and a boy, 13, had arrived with a woman on a flight from Mexico City. |
| Customs officers at Heathrow's Terminal 4 stopped the woman and children after they arrived on a British Airways flight. | Customs officers at Heathrow's Terminal 4 stopped the woman and children after they arrived on a British Airways flight. |
| The three were stopped and questioned by officers who discovered the drugs when they searched the passengers and their baggage. | The three were stopped and questioned by officers who discovered the drugs when they searched the passengers and their baggage. |
| Bob Gaiger, HM Revenue & Customs spokesman at Heathrow said: "HM Revenue & Customs is working at the forefront of the fight to stop drugs entering the UK and to reduce the associated harm to our communities. | Bob Gaiger, HM Revenue & Customs spokesman at Heathrow said: "HM Revenue & Customs is working at the forefront of the fight to stop drugs entering the UK and to reduce the associated harm to our communities. |
| "We aim to protect society from this activity wherever we detect it." |