Poor Teeto.
A dog owner hit with a £7,500 bill to save his sick pet turned to drug smuggling to raise money to clear his debts, a court heard.
Newly-married Ceri Morgan, 38, was forced to cancel his Las Vegas honeymoon last year to help pay to treat his bulldog Teeto who had cancer.
He then tried to import £25,000 of the drug 'meow meow' to fund his dog's expensive treatment, Swansea Crown Court heard.
He was tracked down after a one kilogram package of drugs was stopped by customs officials in East Midlands Airport on August 2.
Cancer: The dog had to have its front right leg removed after undergoing chemotherapy treatment
It had been sent from a company called 'Shanghai Trading Company' to a made-up recipient called Dean Cook.
The Class B drugs package would have cost around £2,500 to buy but had a street value of up to £25,000.
Prosecutor Frank Phillips said: 'The package was addressed to a house in Morriston in Swansea but police found Morgan's phone number on a invoice inside.'
Police raided Morgan's home at Clase, Swansea, and found his iPhone and computer hard drive had been used to try track the package and to search for the Shanghai Trading Company.
Mr Phillips said: 'A text message was also found where police believed Morgan had referenced that he had "only gone and got" a kilo of the drug.'
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A dog owner hit with a £7,500 bill to save his sick pet turned to drug smuggling to raise money to clear his debts, a court heard.
Newly-married Ceri Morgan, 38, was forced to cancel his Las Vegas honeymoon last year to help pay to treat his bulldog Teeto who had cancer.
He then tried to import £25,000 of the drug 'meow meow' to fund his dog's expensive treatment, Swansea Crown Court heard.
He was tracked down after a one kilogram package of drugs was stopped by customs officials in East Midlands Airport on August 2.
Cancer: The dog had to have its front right leg removed after undergoing chemotherapy treatment
It had been sent from a company called 'Shanghai Trading Company' to a made-up recipient called Dean Cook.
The Class B drugs package would have cost around £2,500 to buy but had a street value of up to £25,000.
Prosecutor Frank Phillips said: 'The package was addressed to a house in Morriston in Swansea but police found Morgan's phone number on a invoice inside.'
Police raided Morgan's home at Clase, Swansea, and found his iPhone and computer hard drive had been used to try track the package and to search for the Shanghai Trading Company.
Mr Phillips said: 'A text message was also found where police believed Morgan had referenced that he had "only gone and got" a kilo of the drug.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ned-drug-smuggling-pay-off.html#ixzz2UhZ3DhDa
