Yvonne Thompson, 62, of Durban, was stopped by immigration officials in June and refused entry to the UK. She had flown in from Geneva. She appeared to be travelling with only hand luggage, but HM Revenue and Customs Officers became aware that two black suitcases from her flight had been left on the baggage reclaim belt.The cases were found to be hers and they contained the drugs, with a street value of over £100,o00. She also had US$3,000 in her possession, which turned out to be fake.At an earlier hearing Thompson admitted importing a controlled drug. She was jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday, with recorder Phillip Bartle recommending that she be deported at the end of the jail term.
Daniel Bailey has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.
Daniel Bailey (35) avoided prison when he received a 26-week suspended sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis. But following a separate investigation into his finances by police, he has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.During a hearing brought by police under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Lincoln Crown Court was told officers swooped on Bailey's home, near Spalding, on August 5, 2005. They searched the property and found 22 cannabis plants growing among the flowers in his back garden.More cannabis seedlings were discovered in a shed, and two small lumps of the drug were seized in the house.Bailey was subsequently convicted of production of cannabis, which triggered the probe into his financial affairs.The further enquiries showed that in the six years before his arrest, Bailey had claimed incapacity benefit and income support to the tune of more than £21,000, to which he was...
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