A Border Force officer has been charged with conspiring to import class A drugs after 25kg of heroin was found in a suitcase.
Syed Shah, 39, of Hodge Hill, was arrested at Birmingham Airport on 24 October and will appear at a court in the city today.
The National Crime Agency said the drugs were in a case belonging to Zahida Perveen, 67, from Manchester, who had just arrived on a flight from Pakistan.
Perveen has also been charged with conspiracy to import class A drugs, as has a third person - Shahid Butt, 52, from Saltley in Birmingham.
Butt and Shah are also facing money laundering charges.
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