Drug smuggler, 63, jailed for eight years  A 63-year-old woman
was jailed yesterday for eight years for masterminding an
international plot to smuggle cocaine into Britain.  Eileen
Cresswell, who uses a wheelchair, was found guilty by a majority
verdict at Bristol crown court of playing an integral role in
importing thousands of pounds of the class A drug from the West
Indies.  The jury took two and a half hours to convict the
former post office worker of organising a gang of couriers to
smuggle cocaine between April 1 1997 and March 21 1998.
Cresswell, of Gloucester, who was known as "Nan" to her friends,
recruited couriers to travel to the West Indies and bring back
drugs in cavities in their shoes, the court heard. Not only did
she help to book and pay for their flights, she would drive them
to and from Gatwick airport.  Once in Jamaica, the "mules" would
be met by her contacts, have their shoes adapted, and be given
drugs.  Cresswell, who denied the charge, would ensure the
"mules" travelled in pairs to