The Málaga Provincial Court has sent a British man who intended to fly from Málaga to London with a kilo of cocaine in his hand luggage to prison for nine years and fined him 100,000 €.
The drug was discovered in Málaga airport and the man then tried to flee in a taxi but was captured by the police.The man is named with the initials S.D.J. and was arrested on August 12 last year.The cocaine was found to have more than 85% purity with a market value of more than 61,000 €.