November 11th 2024.
A man by the name of Alistair Paylor found himself in hot water after being caught at Newcastle airport with a whopping £8.5 million worth of cocaine. The 48-year-old British man had just returned from a trip to Cancun, Mexico and was apprehended by border security guards upon his arrival.
Paylor, who was living on the streets of Middlesbrough at the time, had paid a $250 fee to accommodate two large suitcases on his flight back to the UK. This, along with his lack of hand luggage, immediately raised suspicion among the guards. Upon further inspection, they discovered 12 vacuum-sealed packets of cocaine weighing a total of 25.18kg in the suitcases.
To make matters worse, the purity tests showed that the cocaine was a staggering 97% pure, with a wholesale value of up to £875,000 and a street value of up to £8.5 million. It was clear that Paylor was involved in some serious drug trafficking.
During his arrest, Paylor's phone was ringing non-stop, but he refused to unlock it for investigators. This only added to the suspicion surrounding his activities. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that he had also traveled to Thailand twice in the past year and had taken a nine-day trip to Mexico.
Paylor's lawyer argued that his client had developed a cocaine addiction following the death of his mother in 2016. He had been selling the drug and acting as a courier to pay off debts amounting to £10,000-£15,000. The former fork lift driver had lost his job due to his addiction and had been living on the streets before his arrest.
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