Tons of cannabis were hidden within shipments of children’s toys and clothing by members of a Kent-based organised crime group.

Grace Turner

Published: 10:28 pm June 6, 2024

Updated: 11:54 am October 8, 2025

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Samuel Dunne and Keenan Hall-Shelton were among those involved in the operation to smuggle the class B drug into the UK and Spain from California between February 2022 and April 2023.

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Both have now been jailed following an investigation by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.

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