London student caught smuggling £200k worth of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport avoids jail

A 24-year-old from Croydon, London has avoided jail time after being caught with £200,000 worth of cannabis by Edinburgh airport border guards.

Kertania Odususi, who is studying criminology at London Metropolitian University, travelled to Edinburgh from Thailand with 40 vacuum sealed bags of weed stuffed into two suitcases.

She claimed that she was offered a free five day holiday in Thailand if she smuggled tobacco back to the UK in March 2024, but denied knowing anything about the cannabis.

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Kertania was arrested and charged after being stopped by Border Force officials who used bolt cutters to open the cases, discovering the haul of around 20 kilos of the Class B drug.

The student was on trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court this week, accused of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a controlled drug and drug supply.

The court heard that after Odususi had agreed to bring the tobacco back to Edinburgh, she was met by two men she did not know at her hotel on the day she was due to leave. They put the two blue suitcases into her taxi, and told the student she would meet two men at Edinburgh Airport and hand over the luggage after she landed.

She then flew from Thailand, via Doha, on March 16th last year. She was able to pass through passport control but was stopped by custom officials after retrieving her luggage.

The student initially told officers that she had packed the two suitcases herself, but did not possess a key to open them, so the border guards used bolt cutters to prise open the suitcases.

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Odususi is said to have fully cooperated with the police, handing over her phone before being arrested and charged. When asked what her reaction to the discovery was, she said: “My heart literally dropped in that moment, I panicked as I knew I was going to be arrested.

“I was like, my life is over when I saw the suitcases open. When they opened it I realised the grave mistake I had made.”

She broke down several times in the witness box and told the jury she had been “naive” and “stupid” for agreeing to the venture but denied having any knowledge of the drugs. She told the court that she had been put in touch with the man who was arranging the flights and the suitcase exchange by a “close friend” in London.

The jury took around an hour to return the not proven verdict on both charges, meaning Odususi will avoid jail time.

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