Mum who tried to smuggle drugs through UK airport for ‘life-changing' £6k is jailed
Cops found 15 vacuum-sealed packages of illegal drugs in her two suitcases
SMUGGLER BEHIND BARS Mum who tried to smuggle drugs through UK airport for 'life-changing' £6k is jailed
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A MUM tried to smuggle drugs through an airport after being offered a 'life-changing' £6,200.
Chelsea Blanton, 29, was stopped by Border Force officers after touching down in the UK with 28kg of cannabis.
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She had flown from Texas to Saudi Arabia to Malaysia before heading to Manchester via Heathrow on May 7.
In her two suitcases, officers found 15 vacuum-sealed packages of the drug, with a wholesale value of £80,000.
American Blanton told Manchester crown court that she had been offered a 'life-changing' amount of cash.
But Judge Tom Gilbart said: 'You took a gamble.
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"It didn't pay off.'
Blanton, of no fixed address, admitted drug smuggling and got 17 months.
She will serve half in jail then could be deported back to the US.
Brits accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the UK from abroad are being locked away for a long time
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