The couple who turned up at the US embassy with heroin and crack cocaine

Eva Rausing, wife of Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian was held at the US embassy in London after a routine bag search allegedly uncovered crack cocaine.

"The contents of a woman's handbag are a mystery, even to herself," says The Daily Telegraph. "Make-up from the dawn of time, grubby tissues, odd keys and, if you are Eva Rausing, allegedly a wrap or two of Class A drugs." Invited to a party at the US embassy, "the most scarily secure venue in the capital", Mrs Rausing was held after a routine bag search.

Was it stupidity, arrogance or forgetfulness? Whatever the answer, her lapse, and the discovery of £2,000-worth of heroin and crack cocaine at her home, have brought serious embarrassment to the Swedish family who made their pile from Tetra Pak milk cartons.

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