LONDON (Reuters) - A South African Airways flight attendant has been charged with trying to smuggle 3 kilos of cocaine into Britain through London's Heathrow airport, the UK Border Agency said on Monday.

Elphia Dlamini, 42, was arrested after arriving on a flight from Johannesburg to London on Saturday.

The UK Border Agency said its officers found the cocaine, which had an estimated value of around 120,000 pounds, on Dlamini during crew clearance checks.

Dlamini, from Cape Town in South Africa, was charged with attempting to import a Class A drug and will appear in court in Uxbridge, southeast England, later on Monday.

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