Officials say most of the couriers, who can be paid up to £10,000, are arriving from countries which have legalised cannabis for personal use and are allowing cultivation.

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Massive increase in cannabis being smuggled to UK airports in suitcases

Most of the drug seizures involved flights from Thailand, the US and Canada.

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United Kingdom

Amount of cannabis seized at UK airports triples

The amount of cannabis seized at airports in suitcases has tripled in less than a year, officials have revealed.

The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

England

Huge increase in cannabis at UK airports as smugglers warned they are being lied to

The amount of cannabis seized from smugglers carrying the drug in suitcases to UK airports has tripled in less than a year, officials have revealed.

Shropshire Star

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Ketley

Shropshire

The National Crime Agency says many people recruited as couriers are told they will only get a fine, when the maximum penalty is 14 years in prison.

Evening Standard

Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

Carron Greig

The National Crime Agency says the risk of getting caught is high

Wales Online

Reach plc

Wales

Passengers get 14 year warning as cannabis in UK airports triples

Sky News UK

Roberts family

Cannabis couriers duped by traffickers into thinking UK authorities are soft on the drug, NCA says

Nottingham Post

Nottingham

Travellers caught in possession of cannabis when entering a British airport could face prison sentences, the National Crime Agency, the UK's police force that tackles organised crime, warned on Wednesday.

Reizigers die betrapt worden op het bezit van cannabis als ze een Britse luchthaven binnenkomen, riskeren gevangenisstraffen. Daarvoor waarschuwt het National Crime Agency, de Britse politiedienst die georganiseerde misdaad aanpakt, woensdag.

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Het Nieuwsblad

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Belgium

Prison sentence for those smuggling cannabis into UK, British authorities warn

Passengers are being caught with large quantities of cannabis in their luggage.

Scotland

Huge rise in passengers smuggling cannabis in luggage at UK airports

Spanish national Fernando Mayans Fuster, a Spanish national was charged with drug smuggling offences by the National Crime Agency after eight suitcases packed with cannabis were found at Manchester Airport. (Photo: National Crime Agency) The National Crime Agency is warning travellers arriving into the UK from Thailand, Canada and the United States that they face jail sentences if caught attempting to bring cannabis into the country, after a hug…

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Pattaya City

Bang Lamung District

Chon Buri

Thailand

National Crime Agency warns travellers of severe penalties for cannabis smuggling to the UK

Cannabis couriers duped by traffickers into thinking UK authorities are soft on the drug, NCA says

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