Airport Cocaine Seizure: Texas Woman Charged

A Texas resident, charged with smuggling cocaine into the United Kingdom after she was stopped at London's Gatwick Airport, has denied the allegation.

Andrea Dee Crossen, 46, of Waterside Court, Addison – ten miles north of downtown Dallas - was stopped and held by officers from the UK Border Agency and has been in custody ever since.

She pleaded not guilty when she appeared at Croydon Crown Court (pictured) to being concerned in the importation of a class A drug, namely cocaine, on December 30, last year.

She appeared in a secure glass-panelled dock for a few minutes to enter her plea and was remanded in custody by Judge Nicholas Ainley for a trial expected to start the week beginning April 29.

The trial could have begun four weeks earlier, but Crossen's defence lawyer asked for extra time to prepare a medical report.