Two Brits busted for cannabis smuggling within hours of each at same airport

Two Brits have been arrested for smuggling large amounts of cannabis in separate incidents at the same airport, within hours of each other.

One, a woman, was arrested this weekend at Kotoka Airport in Ghana yesterday after allegedly attempting to take 17.72kg of cannabis onboard a British Airways flight to Gatwick.

Thirty two slabs of the drug was reportedly discovered in a suitcase. Photos show the drug packets in the case alongside a single toothbrush.

The woman has been moved to the Narcotics Control Commission headquarters in Accra for further investigation, reports 3 News.

Just hours before, another British national was arrested at the same airport, also for smuggling cannabis.

He had arrived on a Emirates flight from Thailand, via Dubai.

Authorities said they discovered 92 slabs of cannabis, weighing 53.6kg, in two suitcases.

Further investigations led to the arrest of two suspected accomplices, a customs officer and a porter from the airport’s Commercially Important Person (CIP) section.

All three suspects are in custody. Authorities believe they may be part of a broader international drug trafficking network.

Meanwhile, the father of suspected teenage British drug mule Bella May Culley has spoken out about his daughter’s ordeal after her arrest andpregnancy announcement last week.

The 18-year-old was arrested in Tbilisi, Georgia, charged with illegally buying, possessing and importing a large quantity of drugs.

Police say they found sealed packages of hash and cannabis in her suitcase after she flew from Thailand to the former Soviet country.

Her father, Niel Culley, 49, has now said he’s been unable to visit his child nearly a week after he flew to the country to be by her side.

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