‘Did not know’ 10kg of cannabis was in suitcase

Jamie Malcolm Ferbrache, 27, and Daniel Mark Gauvain, 28, deny the importation while Luke Arron Blondel, 37, who was employed as a baggage handler with Aurigny at the time, has admitted it and is waiting to be sentenced.

It is the prosecution’s case that the three men were acting together on 16 March last year when the cannabis was imported.

Mr Ferbrache and Mr Gauvain were passengers on the inbound flight from Manchester.

Blondel removed the cannabis from Mr Ferbrache’s suitcase while it was still in the hold.

He was arrested immediately, while the other two men were arrested in the arrivals hall shortly afterwards.

Mr Ferbrache told a customs officer that he had been travelling alone.