Brit drug mule mum, 21, dodges jail after being caught smuggling 45lbs of cannabis from Bangkok to Germany
MUM'S DRUG HELL Brit drug mule mum, 21, dodges jail after being caught smuggling 45lbs of cannabis from Bangkok to Germany
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A DRUG-smuggling Brit mum has dodged jail after being caught bundling a huge stash of cannabis from Thailand into Germany.
Cameron Bradford, 21, from Knebworth, Herts, was found guilty of drugs trafficking and handed a two-year-suspended sentence.
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Cameron Bradford was detained at Munich Airport on April 21 as she tried to collect her luggage
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The 21-year-old mum has been accused of allegedly smuggling cannabis in her bags
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Munich District Court heard how Cameron had worked as an escort for a man in the UK who had threatened her, telling her to go to Thailand to pick something up for him.
The young mum was arrested at Munich Airport on April 22 as she attempted to collect her luggage.
Authorities became suspicious when she changed her flight to London Heathrow via Singapore at the last minute - flying to Munich instead.
As she tried to get back to the UK, Munich customs officials found 45lg (about 20kg) of marijuana in her suitcase.
Cameron claimed she had no idea about the illegal contents of her luggage, which was locked.
Judge Wilfried Dudek said that Cameron had had a difficult life.
He said she had been through an early pregnancy and fallen in with the wrong crowd.
The judge said he found it strange that Cameron had not known what was in the suitcase, but agreed she had been pressured by the man.
When Cameron didn't return home on her Heathrow bound flight as expected, her family filed a missing persons report.
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The judge said that Cameron's life had not gone well
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