Police charge 11 after cannabis worth nearly £14m seized at Birmingham airport

Police confiscated more than half a ton of class B drug in 22 suitcases from air passengers travelling from ThailandPolice have charged 11 people in connection with attempting to smuggle 22 suitcases packed with cannabis from Thailand to Birmingham worth a combined total of nearly £14m.More than half a ton of the class B drug, described by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as an “enormous amount”, was seized at Birmingham airport in August 2024. The 11 people charged, aged from 21 to 35, all travelled to the UK from Thailand via Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. Continue reading...