US-born heiress 'dead in London'

Eva Rausing 'found dead' in Belgravia home

 

Mr and Mrs Rausing were arrested over drugs in 2008

One of the UK's richest women has been found dead in west London, the BBC understands.

The body of US national Eva Rausing, a member of the family behind the Tetra-Pak cartons empire, was reportedly found at Cadogan Place, Belgravia.
The death is being treated as unexplained.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a 49-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the woman's death and on suspicion of possession of drugs.
He is currently in custody at a south London police station.
Expensive area A post-mortem examination of the woman's body began at 13:00 BST at Westminster Mortuary.
Police said they searched the address and found the body after making the drugs arrest on Monday.
Officers could be seen guarding the front door of the Cadogan Place home, which was taped off.
The large terraced house is in one of London's most expensive areas just off Sloane Street, between Knightsbridge and Chelsea.

Helicopter footage showed police guarding the door of the home

In 2008 Mrs Rausing and her husband Hans Kristian Rausing faced drug charges after crack, heroin and 52g of cocaine were found in their home.
Mrs Rausing had been arrested after she allegedly tried to smuggle small amounts of crack cocaine and heroin into the US embassy in London.
Charges were then dropped and a caution issued instead.
In 2010 Forbes ranked Mr Rausing's father, Hans Rausing Senior, as the 64th richest man in the world, worth an estimated $10bn (£6.45bn).
The family made their fortune from the Tetra Laval milk carton, patented by Ruben Rausing in the 1960s.
It allows milk to be kept fresh without refrigeration.
Source:BBC News
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