A drug courier caught smuggling cocaine worth £28,000 at Glasgow Airport has been jailed for two years.
Emeka Ugwu swallowed 80 capsules containing the drug before boarding the flight hoping to sneak it into the country unnoticed. But when Border Force officials noticed discrepancies in his travel history, he was detained at the airport. A short time later the 44-year-old started passing packages containing white powder that later turned out to be identified as 1.2kg of cocaine, the Paisley Daily Express reports.
The Canadian dad-to-be claimed he feared for his family's life when he agreed to act as a drug mule. HIs lawyer Isla Sinclair told Paisley Sheriff Court on Friday that Ugwu had taken the trip alone, leaving his pregnant partner at home.
