National Crime Agency
Drug dealer who hid £1.6m cocaine inside armchairs will sit in prison for nine years
An Essex upholsterer who was caught transporting £1.6m worth of cocaine within two chairs has been sentenced to nine years in prison
Andrew Duncan Fraser pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine last year, following an investigation by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) - a joint NCA and Metropolitan Police Service unit.OCP officers tracked down and stopped the 58-year-old from Harlow, Essex, on 17 October 2020 as he drove his van along the M25 towards the Dartford crossing in Kent. Fraser told officers that he had come from picking up some chairs that he planned to upholster. Officers found two brown leather armchairs stacked within the rear of the van, which drug sniffer dogs were immediately drawn to. This led officers to discover two shopping bags containing 20 kilos of cocaine hidden within them. Fraser, who carries several previous convict
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