East Midlands Airport: Man jailed after £1m cannabis haul seized

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Border Force officers seized 260 bags of cannabis with a total weight of 153kg, police say

A man has been jailed after a haul of cannabis worth up to £1m was intercepted at East Midlands Airport.

The consignment - delivered from an address in Los Angeles, California - had been destined for an address in Hucknall Road, Sherwood.Curtis Campbell, 31, was jailed for four years and eight months at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday. Border Force officers seized the delivery, the contents of which were described as "machinery for dry cleaning", on 12 November 2022.Four days later, they raided a home in Hucknall Road, Sherwood where Campbell, of Oulton Lodge, Top Valley, Nottingham, was arrested.

He was later charged with being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of a Class B drug, supplying of a Class B drug and producing a Class B drug. The charges cover the seizure of another parcel containing 530g of cannabis, with a potential street value of up to £4,500, at Coventry International Hub on 2 May 2022.

 

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