Couple with 1kg of cocaine in car footwell caught driving from Liverpool to Wales
One of the defendants described it as the stupidest thing he s ever done
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Corey Casagrande, 34, from Newport (Image: Gwent Police)
A couple transported 1kg of cocaine from Liverpool to south Wales because they thought they could get away with it, a judge said.
Dad-of-three Corey Casagrande, 34, and Jemma Connor, 27, were caught red-handed as they were driving along the A449.
The pair were arrested after police performed a tactical stop and found the huge haul of drugs.
In the footwell of the vehicle was a stash of the Class A drug with a wholesale value of around £40,000 – and a street value of many times that.
Couple caught red-handed carrying 1kg of cocaine from Liverpool to south Wales
A judge told Corey Casagrande and Jemma Connor, from Newport, they knew what they we doing when they acted as cocaine couriers with their £40,000 stash
08:42, 25 FEB 2021
Dad-of-three Corey Casagrande has been jailed (Image: Gwent Police)
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Corey Casagrande, 34, and Jemma Connor (both pictured), 27, were stopped in their Ford Escort by police while driving from Liverpool to Newport in South Wales in December last year.