This is the Thornton man jailed for importing £1m of cocaine from Costa Rica hidden in a table

He was arrested in August after a parcel addressed to his Lancashire home from Costa Rica was x-rayed at London Heathrow Airport.
By Emma Downey
Published 6th Mar 2024, 17:49 BST
Updated 6th Mar 2024, 19:39 BST
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This is the first picture of the Thornton man jailed for trying to import £1m of cocaine from Costa Rica into the UK.

Scott Brown, 31, hid the 11kg of cocaine in a table.

Scott Brown (pictured) has been jailed for seven and a half years.Scott Brown (pictured) has been jailed for seven and a half years.
Scott Brown (pictured) has been jailed for seven and a half years.

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He was arrested in August after a parcel addressed to his Lancashire home from Costa Rica was x-rayed at London Heathrow and found to contain 11kg of the drug, police said. Brown, of Bancroft Avenue, Thornton admitted conspiring to import drugs on 3 January and was jailed for seven and a half years at Preston Crown Court. Det Sgt Jamie Illingworth from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit said: "I am pleased he has been put behind bars for a significant period of time."

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