Man jailed over bid to import £5m of cocaine from Mexico to Scotland

Drug mule with £6m worth of cocaine claimed he 'only had Sombreros' - The Mirror

But customs officials uncovered the stash in Kristopher Purvis' luggage after a Mexican stand off at Edinburgh Airport

Sombrero-carrying Durham drug smuggler smeared £6m of cocaine in mustard

A sombrero-carrying drug smuggler who attempted to bring almost £6 million worth of cocaine into the UK from Mexico has been jailed.

Man caught with £5.6m of cocaine at UK airport claimed he'd only brought sombreros back from Mexico

Kristopher Purvis told officials "it's all mine, my mate had nothing to do with it" after he and his travelling companion were found to be carrying around three kilos of cocaine through the nothing-to-declare lane of customs at Edinburgh Airport.

Drugs courier who smuggled £5.6m of cocaine into Scotland jailed

Kristopher Purvis, 35, of Durham, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday. A drugs courier who tried to smuggle cocaine worth £5.6 million into the UK hidden in two large suitcases containing sombreros has been jailed. Kristopher Purvis, 35, ferried 15 packages from Mexico City to Edinburgh Airport along with another man in July 2024. Border Force officials stopped and searched the cases as he made his w…

Man jailed over bid to import £5m of cocaine from Mexico to Scotland

A drugs courier who tried to smuggle cocaine worth up to £5.6million into Scotland hidden inside two large suitcases has been jailed for 10 years.

Smuggler who took £5m coke haul from Mexico to Edinburgh and claimed he only had sombreros jailed

Kristopher Purvis carried a bag full of sombreros through Edinburgh Airport, claiming they were the only items he had picked up on his trip.