{"id":20099,"date":"2021-10-01T21:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T01:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20099"},"modified":"2021-10-01T21:55:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T01:55:01","slug":"rapper-nines-jailed-for-importing-28kg-of-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/10\/01\/rapper-nines-jailed-for-importing-28kg-of-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Nines jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pair had previously\u00a0pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering charges.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sentencing them both at Harrow Crown Court, Judge Rosa Dean said: “What a waste of all of that talent, to be sat in Wormwood Scrubs.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year, Nines topped the UK album chart with his record Crabs In A Bucket and was named best hip hop act the Mobo Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court heard the pair had been involved in one successful bid to import the class B drug, while another attempt had also been made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutor Genevieve Reed said the money laundering charge related to a \u00a398,000 debt, the value of the drugs, and the use of Bitcoin to buy the cannabis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some of the cannabis was imported inside boilers brought into the UK from Poland, the court heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nines, of Barbican, central London, and Thompson, of Barnet, north London, were arrested in June after police raids across London and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The operation is understood to have stemmed from the infiltration of encrypted messaging service Encrochat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The network, which was used by thousands of criminals worldwide, was infiltrated by authorities last year after being hacked by French investigators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Father-of-two Nines, who was known as “Big Boss” by his fellow conspirators, had previously been imprisoned for 18 months for possession of cannabis with intent to supply.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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