The UK National Crime Agency say Montreal man Ronald Lord (pictured) was sentenced after attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK in his mobility scooter. UK National Crime Agency handout photo
A Montreal senior has been sentenced to six years in a UK prison after being caught at a London airport with more than $1 million in cocaine hidden in his mobility scooter, authorities say.
Ronald Lord, 71, was sentenced on Sept. 5 after being stopped at London’s Gatwick airport on Feb. 7, according to a release from the National Crime Agency (NCA), a national law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom.
