A woman has been found guilty of her part in a smu

A woman has been found guilty of her part in a smuggling
plot in which cocaine was sent through the post to her Wembley
address.

Customs had smashed the potentially lucrative scheme when
they intercepted some two dozen envelopes, containing the evil
drug, sent from Nigeria and destined for Susan Cole’s home in
Berkhamsted Avenue.

Cole, 25, was found guilty by a jury of charges of importation
of 113 grammes of coke and storing some 242 grammes of the same
narcotic.

Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that the total of 355 grammes
of the drug would fetch about pnds stlg 41,000 on the streets.

Judge Robert Southan remanded Cole in custody until April
2, while pre-sentence reports are prepared.

On April 23 last year customs had stopped eight of the
packages bound for the Wembley home and replaced cocaine with
a ‘dummy substance,’ said Mr James Vine, prosecuting.

And on April 28 they arranged for a postal delivery to take
place.

After officers swooped on her home with a search warrant
Cole claimed that she did know any of the people variously named
on the envelopes.

One of the first things found ‘out of sight’ in Cole’s
bedroom was a package containing cocaine on top of her wardrobe
while another 16 were discovered in a Gucci bag.

The court heard that customs officials went on to find a
diary including large sums of money written down alongside
calculations of grammes into ounces.

Counsel said that in a kitchen bin a number of empty envelopes
were found addressed to Berkhamsted Avenue.

Forensic tests proved they had been printed on the same
typewriter as those already recovered by customs.

During interviews after her arrest Cole ‘did everything to
deflect the blame from herself,’ continued Mr Vine.

Initially she said that a couple sharing the house with
her ‘set her up’ after a trivial arguement.

Giving evidence during the two week trial Cole – who claimed
to be a medical student also known by the name of ‘Loveth’ – said
that a variety of acquaintances used her home as a mailing address.

She named one of the people who would have letters sent
there as ‘Frank Williams.

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Cole had insisted when giving evidence that she had nothing
to do with the cocaine consignments.

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