American wife of £5bn Tetra Pak heir is found dead at London home after suspected drugs overdose and husband arrested

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One of Britain’s richest men has been arrested over the death of his wife after she was found dead from a suspected drug overdose.

Hans Kristian Rausing, 49, is being questioned by Scotland Yard detectives after the body of his American wife Eva, 48, was found at their home.

Forensics experts are examining their home in Cadogan Place, Chelsea, one of the most expensive addresses in Britain.

Rausing, the son of Tetra Pak tycoon Hans Rausing and heir to a £5.4billion fortune, was arrested after being caught with drugs in South London yesterday.

Police then went to search his home and discovered the body of his wife in an upstairs bedroom at the five-storey Georgian townhouse.

An investigation is under way to determine the cause of her death which police have described as ‘unexplained’.

Rausing, who was re-arrested in connection with the death, remained in custody this evening at a South London police station.

Four years ago Mrs Rausing was caught trying to smuggle heroin and crack into a function at the American Embassy in London.