Canadian Volleyball Player Jailed in UK for Smuggling $1 Million Worth of Cannabis

Canadian Volleyball Player Jailed in UK for Smuggling $1 Million Worth of Cannabis
Former Canadian volleyball player Raekelle Powell in a handout photo. National Crime Agency
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A Canadian professional volleyball player has been jailed by U.K. authorities after pleading guilty to trying to import nearly 19 kilograms of cannabis into the country.

Raekelle Powell, 22, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Oct. 24 for attempting to smuggle a cannabis-packed suitcase into London’s Heathrow Airport on Sept. 20, according to a press release by the U.K. anti-organized crime National Crime Agency (NCA).