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A woman who reported that her bag was lost at the airport has reportedly been convicted of using it to smuggle £ 89,000 ($ 120 159) worth cannabis to Scotland.
Shauna Eburne, 54, landed at Glasgow Airport after flying in from Toronto via Iceland on February 25. She forgot her suitcase when she left the airport in a taxi to Glasgow Centrum and later returned to the airport to report it missing, Glasgow Live and Daily record reported.
When Eburne reached the airport, the authorities had already discovered that the abandoned luggage was alleged to contain suspected content inside, according to the stores.
“Around 2:00 PM, Border Force Officers on Duty Were Carrying Out Routine Checks on People and the their Luggage as They Entered Customs they noted a Suitcase which appeared to have been abandoned bearing a baggage label in the name of eburne and reference Landed, “Procurator Fiscal Depute Michael Cunningham Told Paisley Sheriff Court, According to Glasgow Live,
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“The suitcase was X -ray that revealed an abnormality in the luggage,” Cunningham added. “Officier opened the suitcase and saw a large number of vacuum -sewn packages, each of which contained a green substance.”
“A total of 45 packages were counted each containing the green herb that later tested positive for cannabis.”
Eburne reported that her luggage was missing around 16:00 local time at the ticket counter at Glasgow Airport Per Glasgow Live. Border Force Officers were then informed about this and met Eburne at the ticket desk. She was arrested on suspicion of having been involved in the import of controlled drugs, leaving the outlet.
The amount of cannabis allegedly found in the abandoned luggage weighed approximately 51.72 kg, according to Daily record.
“I had no idea what was in the suitcase,” Eburne told the police after her arrest, “I had no idea, I was just told to pick it up.”
Despite this, she showed up in court the following day and invoked guilty of “possession of a lot of cannabis” and “The supply of a controlled drug” at Glasgow Airport “, people confirmed on Wednesday, May 28.
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Cunigham reportedly told the court that the taxi driver who transported Eburne earlier in the day said: “She stayed in the taxi and returned to the airport just to leave again and then travel back to Glasgow before returning to the airport again. At that time she left the taxi to report her luggage lost.”
Eburne is held in the Greenock prison on the outskirts of Glasgow, the Scottish courts and the judicial service confirmed for people. She will be sentenced on June 30.
People have reached Paisley Sheriff Court and Glasgow Airport for comments.