A British couple have been charged with trying to smuggle £1 million worth of cannabis into the UK from Thailand.
Daniel McDonald, 36, and Sian Warren, 34, were detained after landing at Heathrow Airport on May 27.
Four of their cases are said to have been packed with 51kg of cannabis.
The pair, from Salford in Greater Manchester, were charged with importing class B drugs and appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court last week.
They were bailed and will next appear at Isleworth Crown Court on June 26.
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The couple had been on a dream holiday in Asia, Sian’s dad Tony said.
He told the Sun his daughter ‘has not brought anything back, definitely not’, adding: ‘She had her own suitcases with clothes in it.’
Theirs is the latest in a series of high-profile cases concerning Brits accused of smuggling drugs overseas.
Bella May Culley faces a maximum sentence of 20 years or life imprisonment in Georgia if she is convicted over a cannabis haul worth £200,000.
Her case was followed by that of Charlotte May Lee, 21, who is currently in prison in Sri Lanka, also accused of trying to run the drug out of Thailand.
The former cabin crew worker, from Coulsdon, south London is accused of attempting to smuggle 101lb (46kg) of synthetic kush worth £1.2 million in two suitcases.
Last month, a British couple were arrested in Spain after 32kg of cannabis was discovered in two suitcases.
Hours later, an electrician from Cumbria narrowly escaped a death sentence in Bali after initial drug trafficking charges against him were dropped, and instead replaced with hiding information from the authorities.
A British pensioner was also arrested in Chile after allegedly attempting to smuggle five kilos of methamphetamine.
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