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A drug dealer was caught after sending packages of cannabis to the UK from America. Matthew Johns, 42, flew out to New York for a month-long trip.

While there, he packaged drugs and sent parcels across the Atlantic to various addresses. Police tracked Johns down after lifting fingerprints.

They then found over 14 kilograms of cocaine - worth up to £315,000 - at his Salford flat. On May 2 this year, staff at the Royal Mail office in Manchester called police after five suspicious parcels arrived.

They were collected and taken to Bury police station, where they were analysed. All were from the United States.

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The first contained plastic wraps and four stash proof bags containing different strains of cannabis as well as canna

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