Man JAILED after police looked inside his vitamin containers

A man has been jailed after a parcel he ordered from Cambodia to Stockport was found with 11,000 Diazepam tablets inside.

Keith Grice ordered the package to an address linked to his business Fancy Face Photo Booths in January 2018, police said. But it was intercepted by border force in Coventry and found to contain the tablets disguised in multi-vitamins containers.

Detectives tracked the address on the package to Aftamass Nutritions Limited, at Apex Self Storage at Duke Avenue in Cheadle, which was then linked to Grice. Officers then raided the 41-year-old's home in July and arrested him on suspicion of conspiracy to import and supply Class C drugs, Greater Manchester Police said.

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They found 77 bottles of Diazepam, other suspected drugs and two mobile phones. They also found two large knives and digital scales.

Evidence from the phones linked Grice to previous importations of Diazepam from Cambodia and to him offering to supply drugs. The Diazepam was worth £3,142.50, police said.

Grice made around £125,000 from his crimes, a court heard. His assets were frozen as a financial investigation was launched.

On Friday (September 29), Grice, of Cambridge Terrace, Stockport, was convicted at Minshull Street Crown Court of possessing Diazepam a Class C drug with intent to supply, possession of synthetic cannabinoids and offering to supply Testosterone. He was jailed for 18 months.

Confiscation proceedings were also commenced under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The court determined that Grice had benefited from crime in the sum of £125,000,