Skint American musician lured by the promise of a $3,000 payday won't be going home any time soon following Manchester Airport bust
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn American musician caught with 30 kilos of weed at Manchester Airport said he was due a $3,000 payday. Jazz Orr claimed he was in debt after 'flying the nest' and needed quick cash.
He was stopped at Manchester Airport with two large suitcases and a rucksack. Inside were 56 vacuum-sealed bags of weed. Orr, 24, later admitted 'fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of cannabis' and officers he had been promised $3,000. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go He was jailed for two years following a hearing at Manchester Crown Court. Orr, from Los Angeles, travelled from the US to Detroit on December 7, then onto Paris, before arriving in Manchester on December 11.
He admitted to Border Force officials he had packed the suitcases himself, Simon Barratt, prosecuting, said. Orr was said to have acted as a 'courier' and told cops she brought the drugs in the UK to bag a 'considerable financial reward'.
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