Sutton man cleared of involvement in massive cannabis smuggling ring (From Surrey Comet)

Sutton man cleared of involvement in massive cannabis smuggling ring

7:00am Wednesday 3rd March 2010 in

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A Sutton man has been cleared of being a major Mitcham drug dealer for Britain's largest ever cannabis smuggling ring.

Lindsay Graham, 42, of Bushey Road, Sutton, was cleared by jurors at Southwark Crown Court yesterday afternoon of selling millions of pounds of skunk cannabis.

Two remaining defendants are waiting to hear back from the jury.

James Hay, 31, of Stonny Croft, Ashtead, is accused of being a minor dealer who was found with 20kg in the boot of his car after a drug deal in an Epsom pub.

Mandy Cripps, 34, of High Wycombe, is the girlfriend of Roger Alexander, a drug dealer who has already pleaded guilty.

On Monday, jurors cleared Richard Seville, 42, of Ecclesbourne Road, North London, of being a driver for the gang.

Peter Gilmour, 36, of High Wycombe, was also cleared of being a courier in the network.

Defence solicitors had argued that the two men had been duped by the bosses of the gang.

They used the example of the lorry drivers who unwittingly brought the flowers from Holland to warehouses in Chatham, Kent.