A Canadian professional volleyball player has been jailed by U.K. authorities after pleading guilty to trying to import nearly 19 kilograms of cannabis into the country.
Raekelle Powell, 22, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Oct. 24 for attempting to smuggle a cannabis-packed suitcase into London’s Heathrow Airport on Sept. 20, according to a press release by the U.K. anti-organized crime National Crime Agency (NCA).
Powell began her trip in Toronto and was paid $300 to carry the suitcase, according to the agency. The drugs had an estimated street value of £600,000–approximately CA$1 million.
“These sentences should act as a stark warning to anybody thinking of smuggling cannabis into the U.K.–you will be arrested, prosecuted and put into prison,” said NCA senior investigating officer Piers Phillips in a statement….