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Hassan Akhtar attempted to send a shipment from the UK to Pakistan of 5,000 tablets of MDMA hidden inside, ahem, Celebrations tubs of assorted chocolate. Now that’s a party! From BBC News:
Police said the drugs were discovered by the postal company in tubs of Celebrations chocolates and Akhtar was later identified by CCTV footage.
Det Sgt Rob Hood said the defendant was “clearly looking to profit” from selling drugs and “thought by concealing them in chocolate tubs that they would not be detected”.
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