A Brisotl man who claimed he was on a day trip to Dunkirk when he was actually in Amsterdam picking up heroin worth £800,000 has been jailed.
Daniel Whereatt, 48, of Seymour Road, Bishopston, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment at Canterbury Crown Court, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. He was stopped at Dover’s Eastern Docks on March 18 2019 as he returned to the UK and his car was searched by Border Force officers after they noticed a strong smell of fuel inside the vehicle.
The NCA said the lining and cushions of the back seats were removed and 18 tape-wrapped packages filled with a brown powder were found submerged inside the fuel sender tanks. Officers tested the powder and 6kg were found to be heroin with an estimated street value of £800,000.
