SIX people were charged after millions of pounds worth of drugs were seized at Birmingham International Airport.

National Crime Agency officers arrested six people on November 11 after finding suitcases containing around 180 kilograms of cocaine.

The six, two men and three women from Bradford, West Yorkshire, and a man from Halesowen in the West Midlands, were questioned by NCA investigators before being charged with conspiring to import class A drugs late yesterday (Tuesday).

They appeared before Birmingham Magistrates on Wednesday (November 14).

NCA Branch Commander Mick Pope said: “This was a significant drug seizure, which prevented class A drugs worth many millions of pounds from reaching the hands of criminals in the UK.

“Illegal drugs like cocaine fuel violence and exploitation in our communities, and we are determined to do all we can to protect the public by targeting those involved in their supply.”