A drug courier caught ferrying £250,000 of cocaine had previously served jail time for his part in a million pound cannabis plot.
Convicted drug dealer Gary Long was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court earlier this week after he was snared on the M6 when police spotted him driving "needlessly in the middle lane". Long was travelling northbound on the motorway between junctions 39 and 40, south of Penrith on March 23 this year.
Cumbria Police said officers ran some checks and made a decision to conduct a stop check on Long's van. Officers found a strong smell of cannabis when they approached the vehicle and Long was detained for a Misuse of Drugs Act search.
