Zim police shame British drugs mules by making them pose for photos with 68kgs of cannabis found in their suitcases

By Daily Mail

HARARE: Two young Brits have been jailed for six years after being caught trying to smuggle nearly 68kgs of cannabis in their luggage from Thailand to Zimbabwe.

Tihaise Darlin Elisha, 19, and Taylor Tamara Simone, 21, were arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, on May 1, after the pair arrived on a flight from Thailand.

Airport staff found their behaviour suspicious and carried out a search where they stumbled across the hidden stash of drugs.

Police discovered 53 packets containing a total of 146lbs of ‘loose skunky’ cannabis, also known locally as dagga, tucked away inside four monarch suitcases.

The drugs were concealed inside the cases which had been tagged with the offenders’ names.

The pair were seen in photographs standing and crouching sheepishly next to the cannabis-filled bags.

Elisha and Simone have since been found guilty of drug trafficking by the Harare Magistrates’ Court, according to an August 4 statement by Zimbabwe’s National Prosecuting Authority.

Each were sentenced to nine years in prison, with three years suspended on condition of good behaviour.

The National Prosecuting Authority warned that the country maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward transnational drug trafficking, saying: ‘The law will catch up with offenders, no matter their nationality.