He went on Thailand getaway to lose weight and came back with 40 kilos of cannabis

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A man claimed he went on a Thailand getaway to lose weight - but was caught on his way back to Manchester with 40 kilos of cannabis.

Ahmed Sohail, 26, was stopped at Manchester Airport by Border Force officials with two suitcases. He claimed he had been in Bangkok for eight days on a luxury trip.

However, when officers scanned the two bags, they discovered 40 kilograms of the class B drug and an Apple electronic tracking device. READ MORE: Police officer suffers 'most traumatic event of his life' after going up to man in van Sohail admitted being concerned in the fraudulent evasion on the importation of drugs on the basis that he was being directed by others and that he did not receive any payment for his part.

He was handed a suspended sentence. Sophie Kenny, prosecuting, said that after his arrest on August 21 this year, x-ray machines were used to search the suitcases.