A lorry driver has been jailed for smuggling drugs worth £2.5million into the country through Dover.

Eric Oliver, 49, was found guilty of smuggling 300kgs of amphetamine sulphate.

He was jailed for ten and half years at Canterbury Crown Court.

The court heard that Oliver, of St Andrews Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, was stopped by customs officers at Dover Eastern Docks on June 17, last year.

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He was driving a British registered lorry with a declared load of airfreight en route from Schiphol Airport to Heathrow.

After questioning Oliver, customs officers searched the cab and trailer and discovered 12 unmarked white boxes at the rear of the load.

When opened, each box revealed clear bags containing a white powder which, when tested, showed a positive result for amphetamine.

Sentencing Oliver, Judge Michael O’Sullivan said: "You acted as a courier which is not an insubordinate role and would have been a trusted participant."