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| Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Britain. | Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been found guilty of smuggling cocaine into Britain. |
| He carried it into the country in his cricket bag from St Lucia but was stopped at Gatwick Airport, a jury at Croydon Crown Court heard. | He carried it into the country in his cricket bag from St Lucia but was stopped at Gatwick Airport, a jury at Croydon Crown Court heard. |
| Cans of fruit and vegetable juice seized by officials last December were found to contain dissolved cocaine with a street value of more than £140,000. | |
| The jury is continuing to deliberate on his co-accused Chad Kirnon. | The jury is continuing to deliberate on his co-accused Chad Kirnon. |
| Lewis, 41, of Bruce Road in Brent, north London, had denied the charge, claiming to have been on an innocent holiday in St Lucia. | |
| Mr Kirnon, 27, a former basketball player of Carnegie Street, Islington, north London, was stopped by customs officers after returning to the UK on the same flight as Lewis, on 8 December. | |
| All-rounder Mr Lewis, who was born in Guyana, played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals, later coming out of retirement to play for Surrey. |