A law student is facing a lengthy jail sentence after she was caught attempting to smuggle £150,000 of drugs through Edinburgh Airport.
Sage-Ahliea Gold was found to be carrying more than 35lbs of herbal cannabis in a suitcase when she arrived at the capital’s airport in August last year.
Gold, who is currently studying law at the University of Greenwich, was said to have broken down in tears when she was confronted by border force officials following a search of her luggage.
The 25-year-old, from East Dulwich, London, was arrested and charged and appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court where she pleaded guilty to the offence yesterday. (TUES)
Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren told the court that Gold arrived at the Scottish capital after flying in from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on August 11 last year.
