Police charge 11 after cannabis worth nearly £14m seized at Birmingham airport

Officers confiscated more than half a tonne of class B drug in 22 suitcases from air passengers travelling from Thailand

Police have charged 11 people in connection with an attempt to smuggle 22 suitcases packed with cannabis from Thailand to Birmingham worth nearly 14m.

More than half a tonne of the class B drug, described by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as an enormous amount", was seized at Birmingham airport in August 2024. The 11 people charged, aged from 21 to 35, all travelled to the UK from Thailand via Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.