Montreal Man gets a 6 -year prison in the United Kingdom for drug smuggling in the movement of navigation – Montreal

A 71 -year -old man from Montreal was sentenced to six years in prison in the UK for trying to smuggle more than a million dollars of cocaine.

The National Crime Agency (NCA), the country’s leading agency against organized crime, said in a press statement on Monday, Ronald Larde, who obtained his sentence on September 5 for the accident in February.

On February 7, the Lord was arrested at Gatwick Airport and was interrogated by border officials. He said he would come to the UK to see the city’s landmarks after a seven -day holiday in Barbados.

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When officials of the X -ray of his bike on the movement, they found eight kilograms of cocaine hidden in a vacuum in the back seat board. NCA said that the drugs were valuable in the street about 640,000 pounds – more than a million Canadian dollars – NCA.

The agency said that the Lord told its officers that he had no knowledge of smuggling or how he entered his scooter. However, NCA said that the officers found a screw from the plate in his pocket, and later learned that he spent only three days in Barbados.

During a court hearing on August 5, the Lord admitted a first -class drug smuggling.

“Organized crime groups need smugglers like LORD to bring the AD drug to the UK, where they are sold for a great profit by gangs that deal with violence and exploitation,” Richard Wickham, NCA chief investigative in the press statement.

“Obviously, he thought he was retired, he would be less target for law enforcement. He was wrong, and I hope this issue would send a message to anyone who is thinking about doing the same.”

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