Former England cricketer Chris Lewis denied a charge of attempting to smuggle drugs into Britain during a court appearance yesterday.
The 41-year-old former allrounder was arrested in December at Gatwick Airport when nearly 4kg of liquid cocaine, worth about £200,000, ($NZ567,540) was found in his baggage hidden in fruit tins.
Lewis, who played 32 tests and 53 one-day internationals in the 1990s, had flown in from the Caribbean island of St Lucia with former amateur basketball player Chad Kirnon, who was also arrested and pleaded not guilty at Croydon Crown Court.
A full trial has been set for May.
