I think 14 years when he admitted it is a bit harsh and £2000 seems a bit low to bring it in
taken from kent online
Lorry driver Peter Horton stopped at Dover’s Eastern Docks with £2.5m of drugs hidden in frozen spinach
A lorry driver hid more than £2.5 m worth of drugs underneath a consignment of frozen spinach bound for Ashford.
Peter Horton, a 44-year-old father of three, was stopped at Dover’s Eastern Docks in June last year driving a lorry and trailer.
He told customs officers he had been to Belgium and was heading for Ashford to deliver frozen vegetables — but when officials searched the load they found quantities of heroin and cocaine.
Prosecutor Denzil Pugh told Canterbury Crown Court that the Class A drugs had a street value in excess of £2.5m.
Horton, who lives near York, admitted he had been offered £2,000 to bring in the illicit load, which he claimed he thought were cigarettes.
But the judge Recorder Colin Reese QC rejected his claim and jailed him for 14 years, telling him: “You knew what you were doing in bringing in a significant quantity of drugs into the UK.”
Horton, who looked stunned at the long sentence, had admitted charges of drug smuggling.
As an international truck driver you know that when you offer to take ANYTHING in your vehicle through a border without declaring it to customs that it’s gonna be illegal.So when someone offers you money,be it a fiver or £50000 you can be sure its something which is high risk.Yes,the penalty was severe but if he’d got away with it he’d be down the pub telling everyone how clever he was.
He should be thankful it wasn’t Turkey,Iran or Morocco.
RIZZO101:
Deserves every day and then some.the misery that heroin brings to every community in Britain.
Completely agree, well said!
Not gonna make any difference though it is? Until society can start having a sensible adult discussion about drugs then nothing will change. My personal view is drugs should be legalised which allow proper controls to be in place.
RIZZO101:
Deserves every day and then some.the misery that heroin brings to every community in Britain.
Completely agree, well said!
Not gonna make any difference though it is? Until society can start having a sensible adult discussion about drugs then nothing will change. My personal view is drugs should be legalised which allow proper controls to be in place.
I agree heroine is the work of the devil.
But if you are a serial ■■■■■■ you get less than that and in my eyes, ■■■■, murder, battery, arsen, and manslaughter for drink driving is 100 times worse than drug running yet they hand out softer sentences.
RIZZO101:
Deserves every day and then some.the misery that heroin brings to every community in Britain.
Completely agree, well said!
Not gonna make any difference though it is? Until society can start having a sensible adult discussion about drugs then nothing will change. My personal view is drugs should be legalised which allow proper controls to be in place.
If don’t really think there is a sensible discussion to be had about heroin being legalised, if you’ve ever known and seen someone when they have a full blown heroin addiction I think you would agree.
RIZZO101:
if you’ve ever known and seen someone when they have a full blown heroin addiction I think you would agree.
You don’t know what I’ve seen or experienced. It being illegal does not solve anything, just pushes it into the shadows, criminalises people that need help and stops them seeking that help.
