Mechanic’s pot plot

A mechanic was caught with up to £8m worth of cannabis in his garage after the drug was smuggled into the country from Holland, a court heard. Alan Burkwood, 40, allegedly helped distribute the weed from his business, Swale Automotive Services, known as SAS, in Sittingbourne, Kent. Kent police raided his business premises on the Brickmakers Industrial Estate on September 23, 2016 and seized just over a tonne of herbal cannabis. The class B drug had been ‘disguised as car…