A professional volleyball player who competed internationally on Canada’s women’s team has been jailed in Britain after arriving at a London airport with a suitcase full of vacuum-sealed cannabis.

U.K. border agents found Raekelle Powell, 22, carrying a suitcase jam-packed with 19 kilograms of cannabis after landing at Heathrow airport on a flight from Toronto on Sept. 20, Britain’s National Crime Agency said.

A former member of Canada's national volleyball program was sentenced to 15 months in a British prison for smuggling cannabis into England.{ai:summary}<p>Raekelle Powell, a 22-year-old professional volleyball player from Canada, has been sentenced to jail in the U.K. after customs officials discovered 19 kilograms of vacuum-sealed cannabis in her suitcase at Heathrow Airport. She arrived on a flight from Toronto on September 20.  </p><p>The incident highlights ongoing issues with drug smuggling at international borders. #illegals</p>

Canadian national women's volleyball player jailed for international pot smuggling

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