A man caught with cocaine with a street value of more than £24,800 which was hidden in a microwave has been jailed for seven years and 10 months.
The parcel containing the microwave was delivered to her home at about 10:30 BST on 6 August and phone calls, texts and Snapchat messages between her, McBurnie and two others followed. At about 13:15 McBurnie arrived in a white van, went into Quilliam's home to pick up the parcel before taking it into the van.The court heard Quilliam was in breach of a previous suspended sentence, while McBurnie had been subject to an extended licence period.Quilliam said she had agreed to have the parcel delivered to her address and pass it on to someone else and knew it contained drugs, but denied opening it or knowing it would be cocaine.
McBurnie, of Kionney Avenue in Douglas, initially said he had been sent to collect the microwave for a friend, but later pleaded guilty to being concerned in the importation of cocaine, the court was told.