A Dutchman has been jailed for 18 years after he was caught with more than £1 million worth of ecstasy at Harwich.

Haik Seth-Paul, 28, told customs he did not know the drugs were in the boot of his car and denied a charge of smuggling.

But a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court convicted him on the charge following a trial.

The court heard a total of 168,000 tablets, worth £1.5 million, were found in a false compartment in the boot of a car Seth-Paul arrived in on September 1 last year.

Asked about the drugs, Seth-Paul, of Amsterdam, said he knew nothing about them.

Published Monday, January 13, 2003

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