Airport security officer jailed for smuggling £1.2m of cocaine

A Heathrow airport security officer who helped smuggle at least 10kg of cocaine into the UK has today (fri) been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Farhan Iqbal, 31, was caught in the toilets at Heathrow Terminal 5 while collecting the drugs from a courier who had travelled from Columbia. The total street value of the drugs was more than £1.2 million, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. Iqbal claimed he only turned to crime to fund a crippling addiction to betting….