A drug importer has been spared prison after prosecutors accepted the five kilos of cannabis he ordered from America was for personal use.
Reuben Foster said he'd invested money made from cryptocurrency to make the large narcotics purchase. He pleaded guilty on the basis it was for personal use and that he would not have sold any, which was not challenged.
Newcastle Crown Court heard UK Border Force at Stansted Airport intercepted a parcel which was on its way to Foster's Tyneside home, in January this year. It contained ten heat-sealed packages containing a total of five kilos of cannabis.
