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A PILOT has admitted attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £5million into North Yorkshire.
Andrew Wright, 51, from Barlow, near Selby was arrested on November 17 after Border Force officers found 34 kilos of cocaine in a light aircraft at Breighton Aerodrome.
Wright appeared before Leeds Crown Court on Thursday, and pleaded guilty to the offence.
He was remanded in custody, and will be sentenced in Leeds on March 30.
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