Two young Brits have been jailed for six years after being caught trying to smuggle nearly 150lbs of cannabis in their luggage from Thailand to Zimbabwe.

Tihaise Darlin Elisha, 19, and Taylor Tamara Simone, 21, were arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, on May 1, after the pair arrived on a flight from Thailand.

Airport staff found their behaviour suspicious and carried out a search where they stumbled across the hidden stash of drugs.

Police discovered 53 packets containing a total of 146lbs of 'loose skunky' cannabis, also known locally as dagga, tucked away inside four monarch suitcases.

The drugs were concealed inside the cases which had been tagged with the offenders' names.