Woman with cocaine strapped to her physique at British airport gave cops wild excuse
Emma Llewellyn, 39, was caught with £13,000 worth of cocaine on her as she landed in Jersey, but had a wild excuse when quizzed by cops about the stash of class A drugs
A woman who was caught smuggling £13,000 worth of cocaine at an airport told cops who found the package: “It’s just a bit of coke.” Emma Llewellyn, 39, was held by cops in Jersey after swabs of her luggage tested positive for the class A drug when she flew in from Liverpool’s John Lennon airport.
She told immigration and customs officials she was visiting a friend on the Channel Island on November 8 last year. Llewellyn initially denied drug use but later admitted to using cocaine the week before she landed in the British Crown dependency, the Stoke Sentinel reports.
But during a search, she was found to have concealed 52 grams of cocaine – estimated to have a street value of around £13,000 – in a wrapped package. When asked about the package she responded: “It’s just a bit of coke.”
When interviewed, she admitted trying to import the drugs and said she would have received £1,000 in payment.
She told officers she owed £350 to the individual – who she said was known as “pornstar” – who had given her the drugs to import.
She said “pornstar” was Asian, around 50, with a “fat belly” and “quite flashy”.
He is said to have told her she would be provided with a name and number for a person to take the drugs to once in Jersey.
Llewellyn, of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., was jailed for four years and six months on Thursday.
Speaking after sentencing, Jersey Customs and Immigration Service senior manager Paul Le Monnier made a statement.
He said: “Individuals will be offered payment or the ability to clear debts by attempting to import drugs, on behalf of others, but the huge risks involved, and the sentencing handed out by the courts, should be a clear deterrent.”
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