A man has escaped a prison sentence after being caught smuggling 22 kilos of cannabis at Manchester Airport following a fishing trip to Thailand.

Bradley Else, from Wigan , was celebrating his 26th birthday when officers boarded an aircraft on June 4 this year to arrest him as he was wanted over an alleged assault, a court heard.

He was taken to a police station to be interviewed and when he was released cops said he should return to Manchester Airport to collect his suitcase. He did just that and was arrested again when Border Force officers found a series of heat-sealed bags containing cannabis hidden under his clothes.

Today (September 10, 2025) Else appeared at Manchester Crown where the Recorder of Manchester Nicholas Dean KC spared the defendant a jail sentence after concludin

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