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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Crooked boss at Heathrow airport plotted to smuggle £2m Colombian cocaine
A corrupt security manager at a London airport was caught bringing 22kg of Colombian cocaine into the country. Junaed Dar, 47, arrived at Heathrow Airport three hours before his shift as airport security manager to meet two drug mules in 2019. Wearing his security uniform, Dar, of Randolph Road, Slough, drove an airport vehicle to Terminal 2B to meet Michael Williams, 39, and Jessica Waldron, 38. (Image: NCA) The couple had boarded a flight from Bogota, Colombia, with the blocks of the class A drug in their checked-in baggage. They did not know that Colombian police, working with the NCA, had searched their bags in Bogota Airport and replaced the blocks of cocaine with blocks of wood. Once the couple had collected their bags, Dar escorted them to the toilets where he took the bags. He got in his vehicle and was about to drive away when he was arrested by NCA officers. On Monday (August 4), Dar was jailed for 16-and-a-half years at Kingston Crown Court. Williams and Waldron, of Buxton Road, Hollyhall, Dudley, West Midlands, were arrested by Border Force officers working with the NCA as they tried to leave the airport. They were each jailed for six years and eight months in 2022 having admitted attempting to import Class A drugs. (Image: NCA) Dar was jailed with two fellow members of the organised crime group. Ruford Davis, 55, and David Farquharson, 53, helped coordinate the drug couriers' journeys. When the drug couriers landed, the duo both sent Waldron identical screenshots from encrypted mobile devices of instructions for meeting Dar. Davis, of Pitfield Road, Dudley, West Midlands, and Farquharson, of Waterside Avenue, Wednesbury, West Midlands, were both sentenced to 14-and-a-half years. The trio were convicted by a jury of attempting to smuggle Class A drugs. (Image: NCA) Mark Abbott, NCA operations manager, said: 'Dar committed a gross betrayal of trust by playing a crucial role in this conspiracy which started in South America and would have ended with violent street gangs in UK towns and cities. 'Organised crime groups need corrupt insiders like Dar to help move illegal commodities. 'As an airport security manager, he had the access and ability to move drugs so they might not be stopped. 'Heathrow Airport fully supported the operation along with Border Force and together we continue to combat the threat of Class A drugs being smuggled this way.'
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Corrupt airport security manager who helped couple 'smuggle' £2m worth of cocaine into the UK from Colombia is jailed
A corrupt airport security boss who helped a couple 'smuggle' £2million in cocaine from Colombia has been jailed. Junaed Dar, 47, turned up at Heathrow Airport three hours before his shift to meet Michael Williams, 39, and Jessica Waldron, 38, to help them bring in the drugs. The manager used an airport vehicle and drove it to Terminal 2B to meet the couple who were due to land on a flight from Bogota on December 14, 2019. They had stuffed 22kg of cocaine into their luggage, but unbeknownst to them, Colombian police had found the haul and swapped it for wooden blocks and tipped off the National Crime Agency before their departure. As Williams and Waldron, of Dudley, West Midlands, retrieved their bags, Dar escorted them to the toilets where he took the supposed drugs and got into the vehicle, before NCA officers arrested him. The couple were later arrested by Border Force officers working with the agency as they tried to leave the airport. They were each jailed for six years and eight months in 2022 for attempting to import Class A drugs. Meanwhile, Dar, of Slough, Berkshire, was convicted of attempting to smuggle Class A drugs and jailed for 16 and a half years at Kingston Crown Court. Ruford Davis, 55, and David Farquharson, 53, took part in the organisation of the drug couriers' outward and return journeys. Davis, of Dudley and Farquharson, of Wednesbury, West Midlands, were both sentenced to 14-and-a-half years. Mark Abbott, NCA operations manager, said: 'Dar committed a gross betrayal of trust by playing a crucial role in this conspiracy which started in South America and would have ended with violent street gangs in UK towns and cities. 'Organised crime groups need corrupt insiders like Dar to help move illegal commodities. As an airport security manager, he had the access and ability to move drugs so they might not be stopped. 'Heathrow Airport fully supported the operation along with Border Force and together we continue to combat the threat of Class A drugs being smuggled this way.'
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Corrupt airport boss behind Colombia cocaine plot jailed alongside Midland couple
A corrupt airport security manager thought he was helping to smuggle £2million worth of cocaine into the UK - but the illegal haul had been sneakily replaced with blocks of wood. Junaed Dar arrived at Heathrow Airport three hours before his shift started on December 14, 2019, so he could assist two drugs mules with bringing 22kg of cocaine into the country. The 47-year-old, of Randolph Road, Slough, wore his security uniform as he collected an airport vehicle and drove to Terminal 2B to meet Michael Williams, 39, and Jessica Waldron, 38. READ MORE: Cradley Heath stabbings result in attempted murder arrests The couple, of Buxton Road in Dudley, were due to land on a flight from Bogota, Colombia, and were carrying the class A drugs in their checked-in baggage. However they were unaware that Columbian police, working with the National Crime Agency, had searched their bags in Bogota Airport and removed the blocks of cocaine and replaced them with blocks of wood. Dar escorted the couple to the toilets after they had retrieved their bags, took them and got in his vehicle. He was about to drive away when NCA officers swooped in to arrest him. Williams and Waldron were arrested by Border Force officers as they tried to leave the airport and were later jailed for six years and eight months each in 2022, having admitted attempting to import class A drugs. Dar was jailed for 16-and-a-half years at Kingston Crown Court today. He was sentenced alongside two fellow members of the organised crime group. Ruford Davis, 55, and David Farquharson, 53, were involved in the organisation of the drug couriers' outward and return journeys. The pair both sent Waldron identical screenshots from encrypted mobile devices of instructions for meeting Dar when the plane landed. Davis, of Pitfield Road, Dudley, and Farquharson, of Waterside Avenue, Wednesbury, were both sentenced to 14-and-a-half years. Dar, Davis and Farquharson were all convicted by a jury of attempting to smuggle class A drugs. Following the sentencing, Mark Abbott, NCA operations manager, said: 'Dar committed a gross betrayal of trust by playing a crucial role in this conspiracy which started in South America and would have ended with violent street gangs in UK towns and cities. 'Organised crime groups need corrupt insiders like Dar to help move illegal commodities. "As an airport security manager, he had the access and ability to move drugs so they might not be stopped. 'Heathrow Airport fully supported the operation along with Border Force and together we continue to combat the threat of class A drugs being smuggled this way.'
