Thai ex-wife laughs off claims British bricklayer smuggled £50m of cocaine from Colombia into UK on a £100,000-a-trip private jet

The ex-wife of a bricklayer suspected of smuggling £50 million worth of cocaine into Britain on a £100,000-a-trip private jet laughed off his arrest and said: 'Do you think he flew the plane himself?' Thai bride Ratklaw Neil (left) defended former husband Stephen Neil, who was arrested with Ratklaw's brother-in-law Martin (inset) following a drugs swoop on a private jet (bottom right). Stephen, 53 and his 48-year-old brother Martin were held at Farnborough Airport on Monday after customs discovered 15 designer suitcases (top right) filled with half a ton of cocaine