Criminology and Psychology

Two women have been arrested in Jamaica for allegedly trying to smuggle £170,000-worth of cocaine into the UK under their wigs.The drugs seized are said to have a street value of £170,000A spokeswoman from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the women, aged 17 and 20, are from Derby.They were arrested as they boarded a plane bound for London, allegedly wearing wigs with around 2.3kg of cocaine stitched into the hair.The pair, both unemployed, had been on holiday in Jamaica for two weeks before their arrests.They are alleged to have told police officers that they were to receive £4,000 for smuggling the drugs into the UK, said the HMRC spokeswoman. "We anticipate the two will be charged with committing drug smuggling offences and appear in court in Jamaica tomorrow."The arrests were part of Operation Airbridge, a joint UK-Jamaican collaboration to catch drugs couriers before they board planes from Jamaica.Tony Walker, of the UK Border Agency and head of Operation Airbridge, sai...

DEFENCE attorney for alleged drug kingpin Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard, Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, yesterday applied for leave in the Court of Appeal, to allow for an application to the United Kingdom-based Privy Council in a last ditch bid to stop Nembhard from being handed over to United States authorities.On Wednesday, Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne, attached her signature to extradition warrants allowing for Nembhard and three other alleged drug dealers, Robroy 'Spy' Williams, his brother Glenford Williams and Vivian Dalley who were held along with Nembhard in 2004, to be handed over to the US.But Samuels-Brown told the Observer yesterday that she would be using every legal channel to prevent her client from being extradited. "We wrote back to her protesting her proposed action. We have now made an application for leave to apply to the Privy Council. We have also filed a constitutional motion in the Supreme Court," Samuels-Brown said. Former police corpora...