Facing jail, law student who was caught with £150,000 worth of cannabis at airport

A instrumentality pupil is facing a lengthy jailhouse condemnation aft she was caught attempting to smuggle £150,000 of drugs done Edinburgh Airport.

Sage-Ahliea Gold was recovered to beryllium carrying much than 35lbs of herbal cannabis successful a suitcase erstwhile she arrived astatine the capital’s airdrome successful August past year.

Gold, who is presently studying instrumentality astatine the University of Greenwich, was said to person breached down successful tears erstwhile she was confronted by borderline unit officials pursuing a hunt of her luggage.

The 25-year-old, from East Dulwich, London, was arrested and charged and appeared astatine Edinburgh Sheriff Court wherever she pleaded blameworthy to the offence yesterday. (TUES)

Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren told the tribunal that Gold arrived astatine the Scottish superior aft flying successful from John F Kennedy International Airport successful New York connected August 11 past year.

Ms McLaren said each the luggage from the formation was being screened and a suitcase was identified with ‘a fig of packages within’.

Gold was subsequently seen ‘uplifting the lawsuit and attending astatine the thing to state exit’ wherever she was pulled speech by information officials.

The tribunal was told: ‘Ms Gold was past stopped and she answered immoderate modular questions and said she had travelled from New York and had packed her bag.

‘She unlocked the lawsuit and officers observed a fig of idiosyncratic possessions and vacuum packed packages that appeared to incorporate herbal material.

‘Ms Gold astatine this constituent was cautioned and told she did not request to supply accusation different than her name, day of commencement and nationality.

‘She didn’t respond and enactment her manus to her look and began to cry.’

The authoritative said determination were 30 vacuum sealed packages recovered successful the suitcase containing a full of 16.14 kilograms of cannabis with a worth of £61,332.

The tribunal was told if the drugs were spit into ‘half kilo deals’ the worth would beryllium £75,000 and erstwhile divided into 1 gram bags the worth was £150,000.

Solicitor Charles Morrison, defending, said helium would reserve his mitigation to the condemnation hearing.

Sheriff Charles Walls said: ‘You person present been convicted of the offence relating to the importation of drugs, a important magnitude of cannabis.

‘This is evidently a superior offence with a batch of drugs progressive truthful I volition person to springiness this sizeable consideration.’

Gold was released connected bail and condemnation was deferred for societal enactment reports to adjacent month.