UK: Prison for Slovak Drug Importer

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A Slovak national who tried to bring more than ÂŁ5 million (US$ 6.3 million) worth of cocaine and heroin into the United Kingdom has received11 years in prison.

December 12, 2016

Pavol Cizmar was sentenced on Friday in the northern English town of Grimsby. The 45-year-old was caught when the truck he was driving was intercepted coming off a ferry from the Netherlands. Officers found 45 packages wrapped in brown tape, weighing a kilogram each, hidden among rolls of paper inside the truck. Apart from the suspicious packages, officers also found a stun gun and tear gas.

Cizmar denied any knowledge of the drugs, claiming to police that the packages must have been dropped through the roof instead.

“Cizmar attempted to paint a picture of himself as a legitimate truck driver," said Mick Moloney, an official with the National Crime Agency's Border Policing Command.

“But in reality he was a professional drugs courier working for an organised criminal network."

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