Chinese national jailed after being caught at Edinburgh Airport smuggling drugs into country

Ming Yam Sze flew from Hong Kong to Dubai with a large consignment of cannabis before transferring flight and flying into the capital earlier this year.

Sze, 24, was making his way through airport security when he was challenged by Border Force officials at around 7.10pm on January 16. His luggage was seized and searched and was found to hold 22.2 kilos of the Class B drug that had a total value of £84,740.

Ming Yam Sze was caught smuggling drugs into the country at Edinburgh Airport

Sze was arrested and charged and was remanded in custody when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court four days later.

He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cannabis at Edinburgh Airport when he appeared at a court hearing last month and was back in the dock for sentencing on Tuesday.

Sheriff Alistair Noble marked the smuggling offence by sentencing Sze to a 12 month custodial term.