A COUPLE have been charged with smuggling £1million of cannabis from Thailand.
Sian Warren, 34, and Daniel McDonald, 36, were stopped when they returned to Heathrow.
Sian Warren and Daniel McDonald’s dream trip to Bangkok ended with the pair being detained after £1m of cannabis was found in their suitcases
Daniel, pictured, and Sian were charged with importing Class B drugs
Sian’s dad has insisted that she is innocent of the charges – and only had clothes in her suitcase
National Crime Agency officers found four cases packed with more than 51kg of cannabis.
The pair were charged with importing Class B drugs and appeared the following day at Uxbridge magistrates’ court.
They have been bailed under curfew ahead of a plea hearing on June 26 at Isleworth crown court.
The couple left Salford for a dream holiday to Bangkok last month.
Sian works as an administrator for Daniel’s dad’s building business.
Her dad, Tony, said: “Sian’s not brought anything back, definitely not.
“She had her own suitcase with clothes in it.”
The couple are the latest Brits to be arrested on suspicion of trying to import cannabis from Thailand into either Europe or the UK.
Cameron Bradford, 21, from Knebworth, Herts, was detained at Munich Airport on April 21 as she tried to collect her luggage after cops discovered it was packed with drugs after arriving from Thailand.
And Brit Bella May Culley, 18, sparked a massive international search operation in early May after she was reported missing while holidaying in Thailand.
However, it was later revealed that the teen, from Billingham, County Durham, had been arrested 4,000 miles away on drug offences in Georgia.
She was allegedly carrying 30 pounds (14kg) of cannabis into the ex-Soviet nation.
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