A Co Armagh woman was caught with 44 kilos of cannabis – with an estimated street value of £1.1 million – in her suitcase at Heathrow airport.
On Sunday, September 22, Siobhan McAtavey, from Keady, arrived on a flight from Bangkok via Doha.
Border Force officers found 44 kilos of the drug in the 24-year-old’s baggage.
McAtavey pleaded guilty and was was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Isleworth Crown Court in London on Wednesday.
McAtavey was one of three people caught smuggling cannabis into Heathrow that same weekend.
On Friday, September 20, Raekelle Powell, 22, a professional volleyball player from Toronto in Canada, arrived on a flight from that city and was stopped after officers discovered approximately 19 kilos of the class B drug in a suitcase.
When interviewed she said she was paid 300 Canadian dollars to carry the suitcase. The drugs had an estimated UK street value of £600,000.
Malaysian national Meu Chew Wong, 42, arrived from Bangkok via Bahrain on Sunday, September 22, and was arrested after 43 kilos of cannabis with a UK street value of £1.26 million was found in his two suitcases.
He was arrested by Border Force officers and questioned by NCA investigators, during which he claimed he was transporting birds’ nests for payment of 10,000 Malaysian Ringgit (approximately £1,775).
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