Archive for September, 2011
Met student arrested as drug mule
A suitcase with about two million pounds of cocaine was carried by a drug courier who tried to pass through the extensive security screening at the Edinburgh Airport in Scotland. 33-year-old Venita Randall claimed she took a holiday in Bolivia then made a remarkably unusual route to the United Kingdom through Amsterdam since the said route was cheaper. However, she was sentenced to ive years imprisonment by the Edinburgh High Court when she admitted she was involved in the drug supply confiscated in September 2009.
Laura Thomson, the advocate deputy, said the cocaine in Venita Randall’s luggage weighed 3.4 kilos and had 63 % of average purity. During that time, the typical street cocaine purity in the area was only 4%. The confiscated drugs could sum up to 54 kilograms if cut to 4% purity, and could bring in £2,160,000. More…