A 19-year-old pregnant woman who attempted to smuggle more than 22 kilograms of cannabis into the UK has been spared prison after claiming she needed the money for a deposit on a home.
Daniella Kankam-Adu, of London, was stopped by Border Force officers at Newcastle Airport on March 3, after flying in from Toronto.
She had been offered £250 to transport what she believed were vaping products, but officials found her suitcase stuffed with cannabis worth an estimated £225,000 on the street.
Despite initially insisting there was nothing suspicious in her luggage, Kankam-Adu became uncooperative when asked to unlock her bags, prompting officers to force them open.
