A BRIT OAP has been caught allegedly trying to smuggle more than 60 kilos of cannabis onto a Spanish car ferry.
The 69-year-old was detained after police found the drug in his car prepared to board the vessel at Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.
The Brit, who has not been named, was arrested around 6pm on Sunday[/caption]
The cannabis is believed to be worth an estimated £350,000[/caption]
It was allegedly hidden in a “secret compartment” in his car[/caption]
Cops say the cannabis resin was hidden in a “secret compartment” on the top of his UK-plated vehicle.
They became suspicious after seeing the reaction of a police sniffer dog.
Just over 62 kilos of the drug was allegedly found in packages marked with names such as Dream Gelato and Serial Milk.
The cannabis is believed to be worth an estimated £350,000.
The Brit, who has not been named, was arrested around 6pm on Sunday.
It is not clear what his final destination was.
He is currently being held in police custody and is expected to appear before a judge for an initial court hearing in the coming hours.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Ceuta said yesterday: “Around 6pm on Sunday officers from the First Fiscal and Border Company, along with colleagues from Ceuta’s Cynological Group who inspect vehicles preparing to embark on ferries heading to Algeciras, carried out a check on a UK-plated vehicle with a specialist sniffer dog that indicated the possibility there were drugs inside.
“A full check on the areas the specialist dog had marked as possible hiding places for the drugs subsequently took place.
“A total of 62.3 kilos of cannabis resin was discovered in a secret compartment in the roof of the vehicle.
“The driver, a British man born in 1956 who was registered as a UK resident, was subsequently arrested.
“The suspect will now go before a court in Ceuta as the suspected author of a crime of drug trafficking.
“The drugs have been seized and handed over to a central government delegation and the vehicle is now under the supervision of the courts.”
The Brit is believed to have been travelling alone when he was detained.
Just over 62 kilos of the drug was allegedly found in packages[/caption]
Cops found the alleged items in a secret compartment[/caption]
It is not known what make of vehicle he was driving.
The arrest is just one a series of similar incidents reported around the world in recent weeks.
A 79-year-old British pensioner was arrested at a Chilean airport with £200,000 of powerful crystal meth back in May.
He is currently being held in prison in the south American country after being arrested at Santiago International Airport.
Elsewhere, a 27-year-old British man was arrested at Lanzarote airport after four kilos of marijuana buds worth more than £6,000 was allegedly discovered in his luggage.
Cops said the luggage had an “unusually low weight for its size and was giving off a strong smell.”
The unnamed man has already appeared in court but it was not clear today whether he had been remanded in custody or released on bail.
Back in May, Bella Culley was arrested in Georgia with £200,000 worth of cannabis in her hold baggage.
She has been held at Tbilisi’s Number Five Women’s Penitentiary accused of importing 31lbs of cannabis and hashish.
If found guilty, she could face between 20 years in jail and a life term.
The Brit is believed to have been travelling alone when he was detained[/caption]
The arrest is just one a series of similar incidents reported around the world in recent weeks[/caption]
