A MAN was caught trying to smuggle a haul of cannabis through a major UK airport.
Mark Anderson, of Queens Estate, Wichenford near Martley, was caught with 51kg of the drug at Manchester Airport earlier this year.
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He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of a class B drug.
The 35-year-old appeared at Manchester Crown Court, where he was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years.
He was also ordered to do 180 hours of unpaid work and pay a £187 surcharge.
