Daily Dispatch Online: "Air hostess jailed for smuggling drugs, thanks to ‘Clever Trevor’ AN SA Airways flight attendant has been jailed for seven years in the United Kingdom after trying to smuggle drugs into the country, the UK Border Agency said yesterday .Elphia Dlamini, 42, from Cape Town tried to smuggle cocaine into the UK in her underwear in June, the agency said in a statement.She first appeared in the Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in August, where she pleaded guilty for importing a Class A drug into the country.Dlamini was sentenced on Friday in the Isleworth Crown Court. The flight attendant had been on a flight from Johannesburg to London Heathrow when she was caught.“Upon landing at Heathrow, the entire crew was subjected to customs examination, led by a sniffer dog nicknamed ‘Clever Trevor’ by officers. When passing Dlamini, the springer spaniel quickly indicated to his handler that he had picked up the scent of cocaine,” the agency statement said.“Dlamini immediately admitted carrying drugs and officers seized three wrapped packages that were concealed in her underwear.”Three kilograms of cocaine were found in her possession, valued at £20000 (about R221400). — Sapa"
