Border force officer charged after heroin seized
Syed Shah, Zahida Perveen and Shahid Butt have been arrested in connection to the offence
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A border force officer at Birmingham Airport has been charged with conspiring to import class A drugs after heroin was seized from a suitcase.
Syed Shah, 39, of Hodge Hill in Birmingham, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers on Friday at the airport following an investigation.
It came after the discovery of 25kg of heroin in the suitcase of Zahida Perveen, aged 67, from Openshaw in Manchester.
She was arrested shortly after arriving at Birmingham Airport on a flight from Pakistan. A third individual, Shahid Butt, 52, from Saltley in Birmingham, was also arrested in connection with the offence.
All three have been charged with conspiracy to import class A drugs, with Shah and Butt also facing money laundering charges.
All three appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday.
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