Two people have been remanded in custody charged with drug offences after a package containing heroin was posted from Pakistan.

Safana Ijaz, an 18-year-old woman from Danvers Road, Oxford, has been charged with possession of a Class-A drug with intent to supply and importation of Class-A drugs.

Kashif Zaman a 25-year-old man, also of Danvers Road, was charged with importation of Class-A drugs.

Both appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court where they were remanded in custody until their next appearance at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on October 29.

Police said the charges came after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs intercepted a package addressed to a house in Henley Street, Cowley, on October 12 which contained heroin.

It had been posted from Karachi and was intercepted in Coventry, a spokesman said.

Officers carried out a warrant at the address in Henley Street on Monday and found further Class-A drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Ijaz was arrested on Botley Road on Monday and Zaman was arrested the following day when he attended St Aldate’s police station.