Overview

• Border Force stopped Kiala Wyles on July 24 at Manchester Airport and found 30.28 kg of cannabis in 26 vacuum-sealed packages across two suitcases.
• She pleaded guilty to importing class B drugs and received two years' imprisonment suspended for two years plus a 12-month community payback order in Scotland.
• Prosecutors said she flew from Edinburgh to Thailand for about three weeks and returned via Dubai before being intercepted on arrival.
• In interview she said a social-media contact covered her flights and offered £10,000 to carry the suitcases after she initially denied knowing about the drugs.
• The judge cited genuine remorse, a month already spent in custody and a realistic prospect of rehabilitation, warning his decision 'may be the wrong decision.'