Shania Wood, 25, was allegedly carrying 33kg of cannabis

Four British people are among a group of nine people arrested in Mauritius on drugs charges.

They are accused of trying to smuggle £4 million in drugs through the country’s main airport on May 29.

Eight of the group are believed to have 212kg of the drug on them when they were stopped, according to local media.

Among them was Chloe Parker, 18, who allgedly had just under 45kg of weed in 46 bags, Shania Wood, 25, Alethea Demitre, 33, who allegedly had 33kg in multiple suitcases.

Daniel Pearson did not have any drugs on him, but is believed to have become violent and hostile at the airport in order to cause a distraction, according to news outlet Defi Info.

The group were arrested at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam airport (Picture: Getty)

Local police were reportedly expecting Pearson’s alleged attempt at distraction

Drug smuggling investigators from Mauritius’ police force were said to have been expecting some kind of an attempt thanks to ‘early surveillance’.

Authorities had gathered specific intelligence on an international drug trafficking network’, Defo Info added.

Pearson was arrested and the other eight were searched ‘simultaneously’.

The other suspects, including Dominican and Portuguese nationals, are Hansel Gomez, Esequiel Perez, Ildo Valera De Brito, Luis Manuel Herrera Martinez and Soraia Cristina Da Silva Cruz.

Alethea Demitre is suspected of also carrying a 33kg drug haul

All nine have been charged with ‘drug dealing with aggravating circumstances’ and remain in custody.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: ‘We are supporting a number of British nationals who have been detained in Mauritius and are in contact with the local authorities.’

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