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Morocco: Scots tourist caught in Morocco with £500k worth of cannabis is jailed

Lauren Crooks

Daily Record

Sunday 08 Apr 2012

A SCOTS tourist in Morocco has been jailed for two years after being caught with £500,000 of cannabis in his camper van.

Daniel Healy, 67, from Glasgow, was arrested as he tried to cross the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Police discovered the 100-kilo stash of the drug hidden in aluminium boxes in the Spanish-registered van’s water tank.

He has been held in tough Tetuoan prison since his arrest in September last year, which was revealed in the Sunday Mail at the time and he has now been sentenced.

It is not known whether Healy pled guilty to the charges or was convicted by jury.

At the time, his friend Graham Boszormenyi, 46, claimed Healy was unaware of the hidden drugs.

Last night, Healy's daughter Siobhan, who is a celebrated glass artist in Dennistoun, refused to comment.

The foreign office said: "We will continue to provide consular assistance."

A US state department report on Moroccan jail conditions said: "They ­ generally do not meet ­international standards.

"Prisons are overcrowded, resulting in poor hygienic conditions and prone to violence."

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