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flag Amanda Meadowcroft and her son Bradley Couzins were sentenced to prison for smuggling 14kg of cocaine into the UK via Manchester Airport in 2024.

flag Amanda Meadowcroft, 53, and her son Bradley Couzins, 34, were sentenced to seven and seven and a half years in prison for smuggling 14kg of low-purity cocaine into the UK through Manchester Airport in April 2024. flag The drugs were discovered in luggage carried by Meadowcroft and a friend upon their return from the Dominican Republic. flag Prosecutors said Couzins orchestrated the operation, arranging travel and directing his mother, while a seized phone showed messages suggesting coercion. flag Meadowcroft, who had a prior suspended sentence for cannabis importation, admitted packing one bag but denied involvement in the other. flag Couzins was later arrested for assaulting an emergency worker while trying to destroy his phone. flag Authorities described the case as a coordinated effort to disrupt drug trafficking networks.

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