British teen jailed after 420k of cannabis found in suitcase at Heathrow
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Erihanna Sackor, 19, was arrested at Heathrow after 14kg of vacuum-sealed cannabis worth 420k was found in her suitcase. She reached the green channel after arriving from Thailand before Border Force stopped her. Prosecutors said she was offered an all-expenses-paid trip and a 20,000 payout to import the drugs; she received 200 spending money. Sackor reported financial hardship, rent arrears, and living in a YMCA hostel. She claimed pressure and threats in Thailand, including sexual innuendos and disturbing images, and said a man took promised money. She pleaded guilty to importing a class B drug and appeared by video from HMP Bronzefield; her defence described her as vulnerable and remorseful.
A nineteen-year-old British girl caught in a drug smuggling operation from Thailand has been jailed after getting caught at Heathrow with 420k worth of cannabis. Erihanna Sackor was caught on June 2 with 14kg of vacuum-sealed cannabis in her suitcase, before being arrested at the border. The teenager was allegedly offered an all-expenses-paid trip to Thailand, as well as a 20,000 payout for successfully bringing the drugs into the UK.
In return for smuggling the drugs across the border, Sackor's flights and hotel in Southeast Asia were paid for, and the teen was given 200 in spending money. She claimed that she met a ginger man in a nightclub, who took the money off me and never gave [it] back, the court heard. She was threatened with sexual innuendos, accompanied by very unpleasant images of the consequences of what would be done to her if she failed to deliver the drugs.
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