A Border Force UK agent had his suspicions confirmed when faced with a strange package from Amsterdam sent by a person using the fake name 'Frank de Boer'.
Pictures from Border Force and Merseyside Police show what the agent, Andrew Coley, found when he examined the box, sent by post from the Dutch capital to a DPD depot in Birmingham on February 23. Inside the box, addressed to former soldier Christopher Traynor in Rock Ferry, was a green pouffe.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Mr Coley had the pouffe x-rayed, which instantly showed the presence of three rectangular packages concealed inside it. The pouffe was cut open and found to be filled with expanding foam, which concealed three blocks wrapped in brown tape and plastic bags.
