A Polish lorry driver has been jailed for five years after pleading guilty to drug smuggling.
Canterbury Crown Court heard that Marcin Domanski was stopped by UK Border Agency officers at the freight controls at Dover on 6 May 2010.
After officers had questioned Domanski they searched the Polish-registered lorry he was driving and found a large quantity of drugs hidden in the lorry's two spare tyres beneath the trailer.
The drugs consisted of 100 kilos of cannabis resin, 12 kilos of herbal cannabis, 4.4 kilos of amphetamine and 201 grams of cocaine with a combined estimated street value of £373,500.
Domanski pleaded guilty at Canterbury Crown Court on the 13 October 2010 and was sentenced on the same day.
UK Border Agency officers use hi-tech search equipment to combat immigration crime and detect banned and restricted goods that smugglers attempt to bring into the country.
They also use an array of search techniques including detection dogs, carbon dioxide detectors, heartbeat monitors and scanners - as well as visual searches - to find well-hidden stowaways, illegal drugs, firearms and cigarettes which would otherwise end up causing harm to local people, businesses and communities.
