A man who tried to smuggle about 1 million pounds Worthy of Cocaine Hidden in Britain Drugs In one electricity Wheelchair Has gone to jail.
In a step “disgusting” branded by investigators, Kasimiro de Lemos Francisco, who is not disabled, traveled through the Manchester Airport. In drug -laden wheelchair On 30 March.
When the 56 -year -old Portuguese National was stopped by the Seema Bal, he told the authorities that he was visiting the country for two days to see a friend after flying from Brijtown in Barbados.
His wheelchair was scanned then, and when the question was asked when it was inside, he replied: “I don’t know, you will need to ask my friend.”
Officials discovered 11 packages of cocaine, which weighs 12 kg and £ 880,000, hiding in backrest and seat.
A tracking device used by the crime group behind the operation was also found hidden in the battery compartment.
After a National Crime Agency (NCA) Investigation, D Lamos Francisco, who is from GuiMars to Portugal, accepted the smuggling of Class A Drugs in Manchester Crown Court last week.
He was sentenced to six years and nine months in jail on Thursday.
Charles Lee, senior investigating NCA investigating officer, said: “Organized crime groups will try to do anything possible to smuggle drugs, but it is particularly disgusting to use a person pretending to be wheelchair and disable.
“NCA works with partners at home and abroad to combat the threat of class A drugs and protect the public.”
Earlier this week, in a separate NCA investigation, 71 -year -old Ronald Lord from Montreal in Canada was jailed for six years, as he was trying to smuggle 600,000 pounds in the UK. He was stopped at the Gatwick Airport in February this year, with an 8 kg of class A drug drug hidden in a void in the seat back panel.