A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO LIVE BY GAMBLING, WAS CARRYING

A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO LIVE BY GAMBLING, WAS CARRYING A
#1 MILLION ‘HEROIN COCKTAIL’ WHEN HE FLEW INTO HEATHROW AIRPORT LAST

NEW YEAR’S EVE.

AT ISLEWORTH CROWN COURT TODAY (MONDAY) MOHAMMED NAZIR KHAN,
42, OF WENLOCK COURT, ISLINGTON, DENIED THREE CHARGES OF SMUGGLING
THE COMPONENT DRUGS – NICKNAMED ‘SPEEDBALLS’ – SAYING HE BROUGHT
THEM IN ‘UNDER A DEATH THREAT’.

SAID PRCUTING COUNSEL MR STEPHEN KRAMER: ‘THE DRUGS
WERE CONTAINED IN FOUR PACKAGES AND HIDDEN UNDER SOME CLOTHING IN
A BLUE HOLD-ALL.

THEY WERE IN THE FORM OF A BROWN POWDER AND
TOGETHER THIS COCKTAIL HAD A STREET VALUE IN LONDON OF 990,000
POUNDS — NOT FAR SHORT OF #1.

UNDER QUESTIONING KHAN SAID HE HAD LOST #15,000 GAMBLING IN
PAKISTAN, MUCH OF IT BORROWED.

‘I WAS IN DEBT AND THEY ASKED ME TO
CARRY HEROIN HERE OR THEY WOULD KILL ME,’ HE SAID.

HE CLAIMED HE WAS GIVEN #100 AND TOLD HE WOULD BE FOLLOWED
OUT OF THE AIRPORT.

IF NO ONE MADE CONTACT TO COLLECT THE DRUGS
HE WAS TO STAY ‘IN ANY HOTEL’ AND WAIT FOR A CONTACT, SAID
COUNSEL.

‘SOMEONE WOULD TAP HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND HE WOULD HAND
OVER THE BAG’, HE ADDED.

KHAN WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE TERMINAL BUILDING BRIEFLY,
BUT NO ONE MADE CONTACT.

IN ADDITION TO HAVING HIS GAMBLING DEBT WIPED OUT, HE WAS TO
BE PAID #10,000 FOR THE TRIP, SAID COUNSEL.

THE TRIAL CONTINUES.

ENDS.