"Rip up Thailand, bring back the dough, buy a Porsche... hopefully don't get flagged": The criminal plan that didn't quite work out
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA drug runner boasted he was going to 'rip up Thailand' and 'get a Porsche' before trying to smuggle nearly £100,000-worth of cannabis through Manchester Airport.
But Kieran Brooks, 28, was left shaking when customs officers told him they'd seized his suitcase, which contained almost 25kg of the drug.
Brooks had been on a trip to the south east Asian country, with his flights and hotel paid for by a drug trafficker following a deal to bring back the contraband.
It was he would be paid £8,000 - on top of his Thailand holiday - for smuggling the drugs, Manchester Crown Court was told. On August 1 this year, Brooks landed back in the UK and began making enquiries with baggage officers about the case, which he had checked in. READ MORE: 'Dangerous predator' caught out after sending naked photos to decoy online He soon found out it had been seized by suspicious customs officials at Manchester Airport.
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