Upholsterer jailed after police find cocaine worth £1.6m hidden in armchairs

Date01 April 2021
Published date01 April 2021
Andrew Duncan Fraser pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine last year, following investigation by the Organised Crime Partnership OCP -a joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service unit.

OCP officers tracked down and stopped the 58-year-old from Harlow, Essex, on October 17 last year as he drove his van along the M25 towards the Dartford crossing in Kent.

Fraser told officers that he had come from picking up some chairs that he planned to upholster. Officers found two brown leather armchairs stacked within the rear of the van, which drug sniffer dogs were immediately drawn to. This led officers to discover two shopping bags containing 20 kilos of cocaine hidden within them.

Fraser, who carries several previous convictions for the supply of cocaine and cannabis resin, claimed that he didn’t recognise the blocks nor understand what might be inside them. When pressed, he admitted that due to previous drugs charges he ‘might have half an idea’ of what the packages could...

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