Men caught at Glasgow Airport trying to smuggle cannabis into Scotland from Dubai

Two man who were caught at Glasgow Airport trying to smuggle cannabis into Scotland from Dubai have been jailed.

Vincent Chiamingsan, 31, and Ng Zhan, 33, both from Malaysia, ferried the Class B drugs inside two black suitcases but were stopped by Border Force officers at the airport.

When the suitcases were searched, they discovered 69 vacuum-sealed bags containing half-kilo packages of herbal cannabis.

The court heard immigration officials became suspicious of the two, branded, black suitcases the men were carrying.

The cases had been checked in at Dubai Airport while both men had travelled from Thailand to Scotland via Dubai.

Zhan initially denied the luggage belonged to him, but eventually claimed someone had given him the case at Dubai while being unaware of its contents.

A search of both cases revealed the haul of cannabis which specialist officers valued as having a street value of £343,080 if subdivided into two-gram packages.

Both men were sentenced at Paisley Sheriff Court to 20 months’ imprisonment each after admitting charges of drug trafficking in April this year.

Sineidin Corrins, deputy procurator fiscal for specialist casework at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), said: “These men failed in their attempt to import a significant quantity of drugs into Scotland.

“Justice has been served and these individuals are now serving prison sentences.

“I hope that these convictions and the sentences send a strong message to others involved in this kind of drug-trafficking behaviour and demonstrates the ability of police and prosecutors to investigate, prepare and prosecute crime of this nature.”