Stranded children reunited with family

FOUR children stranded in Venezuela when their parents were arrested allegedly trying to leave the country with suitcases stuffed with cocaine were last night reunited with family.

Stranded  children reunited with family

Relatives flew out to see the children who had been placed in foster care when Paul and Laura Makin were taken into custody, the Foreign Office said. Makin, 31, and his wife, were arrested on Monday at Porlamar airport on the holiday island of Margarita as they tried to board a flight to London.

They were immediately detained and their twins Libby and Lucy, aged 2, were taken into care.

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