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Nottingham Post
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Jack Thurlow

£1m worth of cannabis from California destined for Nottingham intercepted at East Midlands Airport

A huge haul of cannabis with a potential street value of up to £1 million that was bound for Nottingham was intercepted by Border Force Officers at East Midlands Airport.

A man has been jailed after border guards intercepted a parcel containing bags of cannabis delivered from an address in Los Angeles, California. It was intercepted on November 12, 2022 before it could arrive at an address in Hucknall Road, Sherwood.

The bag, the contents of which were described as ‘machinery for dry cleaning’, contained 260 bags of cannabis and had a total weight of 153 kilograms. Following inquiries Nottinghamshire Police officers executed a warrant in Hucknall Road four days later on November 16.

Curtis Campbell, 31, was arrested at the house. Evidence of drugs importation and supply was also found on phones attributed to Campbell who was subsequently charged with being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of a Class B drug.

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Campbell, of Oulton Ldge, Top Valley, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to the charge and further counts of supplying and producing a Class B drug. He was jailed for four years and eight months when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday (February 21, 2023).

The court also heard another parcel, sent from the United States and addressed to Campbell, was intercepted by Border Force officials at the Coventry International Hub on May 2, 2022. That parcel contained 530g of cannabis, with a potential street value of up to £4,500.

A huge haul of cannabis with a potential street value of up to £1 million that was bound for Nottingham was intercepted by Border Force Officers at East Midlands Airport. (Nottinghamshire Police)

Campbell was arrested on August 11, 2022 in connection with this incident. Detective Constable Ben Grayson said: “These detailed investigations show how Nottinghamshire Police and its partners work tirelessly to prevent and combat this level of organised crime.

“I’m delighted our operations have resulted in a drug dealer being stopped in his tracks and brought to justice, as well as an extremely large quantity of drugs he intended for onward supply being taken off the streets, reducing harm caused to others and stopping the funding of organised crime.

"We will continue to work to disrupt criminals who prey on the vulnerable and seek to profit from other people’s misery by selling illegal drugs which we know has a hugely detrimental impact on our communities.”

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