Ex-cricketer Lewis 'smuggled drugs'

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Lewis, 41, carried the drugs from St Lucia in a black Puma cricket bag, Croydon Crown Court was told.

The ex-cricketer, who is alleged to have orchestrated the scheme with his co-defendant Chad Kirnon, 27, was stopped as he arrived at Gatwick Airport in December last year.

Croydon Crown Court heard the pair, who claimed to be travelling alone, were picked up independently by customs officers at the airport.

But the court heard this was all part of a "joint enterprise" and the pair were "acting together".

Tom Wilkins, prosecuting, said Lewis was stopped shortly after 5am on December 8.

"When the customs officer pulled him over, Mr Lewis stated that he was travelling alone and had been in St Lucia visiting friends and family," he said.

But when Lewis's luggage was inspected the Puma cricket bag was found to be labelled with Mr Kirnon's name, Mr Wilkins told the court.

This was "the first of a number of links between these two defendants and what they were, together, up to," he added.