A barber who returned to the UK from Brazil with £300,000 worth of cocaine hidden...

Published: 12:21 am September 4, 2020
Updated: 4:40 am March 8, 2026
A barber who returned to the UK from Brazil with £300,000 worth of cocaine hidden in suitcases has been jailed – UKNIP

A barber who returned to the UK from Brazil with £300,000 worth of cocaine hidden in suitcases has been jailed.

Jhonatan Martins Kirchhoff, 22, from Commercial Road, Bournemouth, told National Crime Agency investigators that he had turned to drug smuggling to earn extra cash and pay off his own drug debts after work dried up because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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