By Andrew Levy PUBLISHED: 07:23 EST, 8 January 2013 | UPDATED: 21:00 EST, 8 January 2013 Jailed: Naomi Thriepland tried to smuggle £170,000 of drugs into the UK with her daughter Aiesha beside her A pregnant former soldier has been jailed for four years after trying to smuggle more than £170,000 of heroin – using her young daughter as cover. Lance Corporal Naomi Thriepland, 25, took seven-year-old Aiesha with her to Amsterdam to collect the drugs. When questioned by customs officials at the Channel Tunnel entrance near Calais, she pretended they had been to Disneyland Paris. Staff eventually discovered the heroin, which had been hidden in her BMW convertible.
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Naomi Thriepland, 25, was jailed for four years but will have a baby in prison
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Mother was caught by customs crossing the Channel with 3.4kg of heroin and her child beside her
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She told officials she had been to Disneyland Paris, but in fact was in Amsterdam collecting the drugs
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Former soldier served in Iraq and Afghanistan but quit to spend time with her daughter
Officials found @placeholder had 3.5kg of heroin, worth £172,000, as well as 12kg of cutting agents.