US embassy billionaire crack dealers let off with a slap on the wrist

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Billionaire's drugs let off
Paul Cheston, Courts Correspondent
29.07.08
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A London billionaire and his wife caught with class A drugs have had all charges against them dropped, a court was told today.


Hans Kristian Rausing, 45, and his wife Eva, 44, were arrested in April after Mrs Rausing tried to smuggle small amounts of crack cocaine and heroin into a reception at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square.

Police then searched their £5 million Chelsea home and more drugs were found.

Mr Rausing, heir to the £5.4billion Tetra Pak cartons empire, was charged with possessing
5.63grams of crack cocaine, 2.9g of heroin and 52g of cocaine. Mrs Rausing faced charges of possessing Class A and Class C drugs.

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1. Hahaha

Laws are for the little people.

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5. +1

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2. Possession of 5.63grams of crack, 2.9g of heroin and 52g of cocaine...

would normally get a custodial sentence of between 5 and 12 years especially if dealing charges are levied on the 52 grams of coke.

Bringing in Class A drugs into the embassy could also constitute trafficking into the sovereign space of another country, maybe 2-4 years on top of any other custodial sentence.

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3. 52 Grams of Cocaine!

That's almost 2 ounces! Christy Timbers, someone had quite the thing goin' on with Krell.

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4. Ambassador Robert Tuttle must have worked his ass off on this

one....

Nobody else in London has that kind of clout to get the Crown Prosecution Service to slap a misdemeanour on a major drugs bust associated with dealing in the US embassy compound.