Ex-marines who smuggled drugs in Lego boxes jailed

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One box, which contained cocaine, was given inadvertently to a child as a present, a court hears.

Two former Royal Marines who imported cocaine hidden in Lego Duplo boxes have been jailed.

Charles Lander, prosecuting, said 40lbs of cocaine with a street value of £1.8m was recovered by police. "When she opened the box, she immediately noticed that it was not Lego, but was an item that had been wrapped in various layers of different packaging," he said, adding that a block of cocaine was inside.Jack Jones and Isaac Rasmussen were jailed for 16-and-a-half and 10 years respectively

 

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