Two men jailed over £600,000 Transatlantic drug smuggling plot
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Two drug traffickers who tried to smuggle cannabis with a street value of almost £600,000 into Scotland on a flight from Canada have been jailed for a total of five years and six months.
Jamaal Darbasie, 27, and George Manton, 19, were stopped by UK Border Force officers when they arrived at Glasgow Airport from Toronto on 10 March last year. Each man was carrying two suitcases which were later found to contain cannabis hidden inside 120 vacuum-sealed packages.
Specialist officers estimated that if sub-divided the Class B drugs would have a street value of £592,716.
They were sentenced at the High Court in Inverness after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs. Darbasie was jailed for three years while Manton will spend 30 months behind bars.
Moira Orr, who leads on major crime for the Crown Office, said: “This was a substantial attempt to bring a significant quantity of illegal and harmful drugs through Scotland.
“Jamaal Darbasie and George Manton have now been held accountable thanks to an extensive Border Force operation, working with COPFS, to investigate and interrupt a network of drug supply.
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