Ex-England cricketer charged with drug smuggling

Former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been charged with trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain.

The 40-year-old former fast bowler was arrested Monday at Gatwick Airport when nearly 9lb (4kg) worth 200,000 pounds of the drug in a liquid form was found hidden in fruit tins in his baggage. Lewis, who played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals in the 1990s, had been flying in from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Lewis was due to appear in court later Tuesday. "This was an excellent detection by UK Border Agency officers," Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs spokesman Bob Gaiger said Tuesday." LONDON, AP