Amy Jayne Durban, 45, from Hemyock in Cullompton, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on July 6 after arriving on a flight from Bangkok. Durban pleaded guilty to smuggling Class B drugs at Isleworth Crown Court yesterday (August 6), following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. "People should understand that these crime groups use profits from cannabis smuggling to fund the trafficking of other drugs too. In 2023, 142 couriers were caught arriving by plane, rising to 801 in 2024. The NCA has launched a new social media campaign warning young people that smuggling cannabis from Thailand to the UK could land them in a foreign jail.