Overview
- Manchester Crown Court sentenced Amanda Meadowcroft to seven years and Bradley Couzins to seven years and six months on March 12.
- Border Force seized 14kg from luggage arriving from the Dominican Republic on April 22, which tests showed were mostly cutting agents with only trace cocaine.
- Messages on Meadowcroft’s phone showed Couzins arranged passports, flights and post‑arrival transport, establishing him as the organiser.
- Defence lawyers claimed Couzins intimidated his mother into offending, a claim prosecutors disputed based on the content of the messages.
- Couzins was arrested on August 7 after injuring an NCA officer while trying to destroy his phone, and the agency praised work with Border Force and Lancashire Police as it confirmed the officer’s recovery.