A six -year -old British boy was arrested on Mauritius after £ 1.6 million ( £18.8 crore) in his luggage was found in the value of cannabis. The child arrived with six British adults start this week.
Officials found 14 kilograms of cannabis in a children’s bag and more in the suitcases of other, a total of 161 kilograms. The authorities called the use of a child for smuggling “inhuman”, according to the sun.
Eleven Apple Airtags was found, which, according to Mailonline, indicates links to drug gang.
The boy now returned to the UK with his father. Adults remain in custody after they appeared in court. The drugs were found during a common airport by air and drug teams. Shocked families back home said they had no idea.
All six adults come from Cambridgeshire. They are Laura Kappen (28), bar worker; Shannon Holness (29), cook; Shona Campbell (33), cleaner; Lily Watson, also cookbook; and Patrick Wilsdon (21), a swivel.
The Romanian man, Florian Lisman (38), living in Huntingdon and working as an operator of the machine, was also arrested. The group is suspected of being part of wider network of network drugs from Europe to Mauritius.
The case was shocked by officials at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam airport. It was worried about exploiting a child in drug trafficking.
Wilsdon was described by his mother as vulnerable and unconscious. She claimed that the 21 -year -old was offered a “free vacation” from a friend who had now disappeared.
A spokesman for the British Foreign Office said they supported arrested British citizens in Mauritius.
“We support several British nationals who are detained in Mauritius and are in contact with local authorities,” Mailonline quoted.
Young British arrested overseas
The case contributes to a growing list of British nationals captured abroad for drug smuggling.
In May, Charlotte May Lee (21) was arrested in Sri Lanka after 46 kg of cannabis were reportedly found in her bags. He denies the inhabitants of South London about drugs.
She has not yet been charged. If it is guilty, it can face 25 years in prison.
British teenager Bella Culley was arrested in Georgia Tbilisi for allegedly bringing a large number of drugs. The police found 12 kg of marijuana and 2 kg of hashish. During the trial, the eighteen -year -old said she was pregnant.
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