Shoe drug smuggler jailed for 11 years
22.07.09
A drug smuggler who tried to bring over £110,000 worth of cocaine in to the UK through Bristol Airport in the soles of his trainers has been jailed, the Mercury reports. Spaniard Francisco Perez Becerra, 39, of Seville, was sentenced to 11 years at Bristol Crown Court this week for importing 6lb (2.8kg) of the drug.
Mr Perez Becerra flew into Bristol from The Gambia, via Senegal and Brussels. He was stopped by UK Border Agency detection officers at the airport on September 8 last year and an officer became suspicious about the weight of his trainers during a baggage search. X-rays of the shoes led to the drugs find.
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