Suspect package posted in US leads cops to drug den

A suspicious package posted in the United States led police to a drug den in Lancashire, a court heard.

- by Sean Gleaves

UK Border Force staff intercepted the parcel stuffed with almost a kilo of cannabis when it arrived in Britain.

And when the address on the envelope - a terraced house in Lancaster - was raided by police they found crack cocaine and heroin.

Two mens appeared before the city's Crown Court after admitting drugs offences.

Calam Hall, 27, who was said to be guarding the stash for a drugs gang, was jailed by Judge Graham Knowles KC.