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Liverpool Echo
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Olivia Williams

Mum who owns Chanel the African Grey charged over £792k cannabis haul

A woman who went viral after losing her pet parrot has been charged with drug offences.

Sandra Hannah, 43, of Cumberland Gate in Netherton, became a social media hit in 2020 after she recorded herself crying and repeatedly calling for her African Grey parrot Chanel. But today, Merseyside Police have charged her and another man named Ian Hannah, 55, on suspicion of the importation of cannabis and possession of criminal property.

It comes after a joint operation between Merseyside Police and the National Crime Agency. During the two-day operation officers found 237.6kg of cannabis resin imported from Spain.

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