A drug courier who was caught attempting to smuggle close to £100,000 of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport has been jailed.

Tyler Stechling was found to have the huge amount of the Class B drug stuffed into his suitcase when he was stopped by Border Force officers at the capital’s airport in January this year.

The unemployed 20-year-old agreed to carry out the drug deal in return for a financial payment and had attempted to transport 40 vacuum-sealed packages containing 24 kilograms of the drug.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told Stechling agreed to fly to to Thailand to pick up the drug consignment before travelling to Dubai in the UAE then on to Edinburgh.

The court was told customs officials discovered the haul after carrying out “a routine examination” of luggage from the Emirates f

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