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| Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into the UK. | Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into the UK. |
| His arrest follows the seizure of 9lb(4kg) of cocaine worth about £200,000 at Gatwick Airport on Monday. He is due before magistrates in Crawley later. | His arrest follows the seizure of 9lb(4kg) of cocaine worth about £200,000 at Gatwick Airport on Monday. He is due before magistrates in Crawley later. |
| The Class A drugs were found in baggage removed from a flight from St. Lucia in the Caribbean to the West Sussex airport, the UK Border Agency said. | The Class A drugs were found in baggage removed from a flight from St. Lucia in the Caribbean to the West Sussex airport, the UK Border Agency said. |
| The 40-year-old fast bowler played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals. | The 40-year-old fast bowler played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals. |
| Mr Lewis now works as a cricket coach and lives in Bruce Road, north-west London. | |
| A second man, 26-year-old basketball player Chad Theron Kirnon, of Carnegie Street, Islington, north London, was also charged with attempting to smuggle drugs. |