Ten are sentenced for California to Yorkshire postal cannabis plot

Ten men who plotted to import cannabis from the USA to Yorkshire by sending it in the post have been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court It follows an investigation by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YHROCU).

- by Andrew Hutchinson

The men were involved in a conspiracy to send the Class B drug in the mail with some members of the gang flying out to California to oversee its export.

While there they would purchase high-grade cannabis before posting it from US Post Office branches.

The packages were tracked using delivery apps, with members of the gang collecting the parcels from addresses in the UK.

Customs declaration forms were filled in which claimed the parcels contained items such as clothing from a sportswear company.

YHROCU officers were alerted to the plot and began investigating the gang’s activities.

Officers estimate that more than 260 parcels were sent from America to the UK by the gang, with the total street value of the drugs believed to be in the region of £800,000.

The drugs were sold on across the Yorkshire and Humber region.