Trio jailed for total of 14 years after discovery of £632k cannabis haul in Lanarkshire village

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Three drug traffickers have been jailed for a total of 14 years after police discovered a £632,000 haul of cannabis smuggled in animal feed in a Lanarkshire village while carrying out a search for missing children.Officers were looking for youngsters from a residential school when they came across 164 kilos of the drug in vans and a portable cabin in Plains, which had been transported in consignments of horse fodder from Spain.Gary Campbell, 37, Kieran Sinclair, 26, and Stephen Jones, 55, earlier admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class B drugs at Arbuckle Road between October 19 and 22 in 2019.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android A judge told Campbell, of Coatbridge, at the High Court in Edinburgh that he was satisfied that he had played a role that was central to the commercial importation of the drugs.Lord Young said that it was clear that Campbell was involved in ordering and arranging payment for the delivery of the animal feed in which the cannabis was hidden.The judge said that he agreed with the author of a background report prepared on Campbell that he sought to minimise to some extent his involvement in the operation.Lord Young said: "I acknowledge that you are assessed as a low risk of reoffending,"He told Campbell, of Langloan Street, that he would have faced a six-year jail