Amanda Meadowcroft和她的儿子Bradley Couzins因在2024年通过曼彻斯特机场走私14公斤可卡因进入英国而被判处监禁。 Amanda Meadowcroft and her son Bradley Couzins were sentenced to prison for smuggling 14kg of cocaine into the UK via Manchester Airport in 2024.

53岁的Amanda Meadowcroft和她的儿子Bradley Couzins, 34岁,因2024年4月通过曼彻斯特机场向英国走私14公斤低纯度可卡因,被判处7年7年半监禁。 Amanda Meadowcroft, 53, and her son Bradley Couzins, 34, were sentenced to seven and seven and a half years in prison for smuggling 14kg of low-purity cocaine into the UK through Manchester Airport in April 2024. 这些毒品是在Meadowcroft和一位朋友从多米尼加共和国返回后携带的行李中发现的。 The drugs were discovered in luggage carried by Meadowcroft and a friend upon their return from the Dominican Republic. 检察官说,Couzins策划了这次行动,安排了旅行,并指导了他的母亲,而被扣押的电话显示的信息暗示了胁迫。 Prosecutors said Couzins orchestrated the operation, arranging travel and directing his mother, while a seized phone showed messages suggesting coercion. Meadowcroft曾因大麻进口而被判缓刑,他承认打包一个袋子,但否认参与另一袋。 Meadowcroft, who had a prior suspended sentence for cannabis importation, admitted packing one bag but denied involvement in the other. Couzins后来因在试图摧毁他的电话时袭击一名应急工作者而被逮捕。 Couzins was later arrested for assaulting an emergency worker while trying to destroy his phone. 当局称该案件是破坏贩毒网络的协调努力。 Authorities described the case as a coordinated effort to disrupt drug trafficking networks.