Belfast drug smuggler jailed
07.05.09
A Spanish man who wrapped 1.3kgs of cocaine in carbon paper in an attempt to dodge X-ray detection has been jailed for six years. Carlos Gutierrez Lopez, 46, was arrested at Belfast International Airport after customs officials found £500,000 worth of cocaine hidden in the lining of his suitcase.
Mr Lopez arrived into Northern Ireland on a flight from Amsterdam last August. During routine questioning officers became suspicious of his reasons for travel, and a luggage search revealed the cocaine hidden in the lining of his suitcase.
The package had been covered with carbon paper in an attempt to hide it from X-ray detection. He was sentenced to six years in jail at Antrim Crown Court yesterday, after what a customs official said had been a misguided effort to provide a cloak of invisibility from detection.
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