A man who had entered the UK illegally was found with around £30,000 worth of cannabis when police stopped and searched his car. Drilon Dani was stopped by West Mercia Police in Chepstow earlier this year when officers found eight large bags of the drug in the boot.
A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court on Thursday, March 30 heard Dani, 33, of no fixed abode, had travelled through Ross-on Wye on January 26 this year and onto Monmouth before the car he was driving was stopped by officers in Chepstow. On searching the vehicle, police recovered two iPhones and in the boot found eight large bags of cannabis weighing around 6.3 kilograms and worth around £29,560.
Dani was arrested and told Gwent Police he had been sleeping rough and been taken in by two men. He said he had spent time in London where he was told to drive to a postcode provided to him by the men. He said he was told to "meet someone" and was given £200 and told there would be "problems later on" if he didn't drive the car he was given. He added that he didn't know there was cannabis in the car until he smelled it and was unaware of the quantity of the drug in the car until police stopped him.
