'He was the lowest of the low... anyone with any awareness would not be frankly stupid enough to do it'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A man whose suitcase arrived late after he returned to Manchester from a 10-day trip to Thailand was arrested when officers discovered what was inside.

Bailey Avison-Brown, 24, spoke to Border Force staff at Manchester Airport when his bag didn't show up on October 26. The following day he got a call to go back to the airport.

As Avison-Brown went to retrieve his case, he was arrested. A search had revealed more than 23 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis. READ MORE: Urgent warning amid rise in a shocking crime plaguing the streets of Manchester "The total weight of the drug was 23.5 kilograms and valued at £94,000," prosecutor Simon Barratt told Manchester Crown Court. "He had no influence on others in the chain, and there was an element of naivety.

Payment of between £5,000 and £7,000 was expected for the trip." The court heard Avison-Brown, who had no previous convictions, had shown 'deep remorse and embarrassment' and had 'not sought to pass the book'.