Child accidentally given kilo of cocaine after former Royal Marines imported it in Lego boxes

A child was accidentally given a kilo of cocaine after two former Royal Marines imported the drug into the country in Lego boxes, a court has heard.

Jack Jones, 28, and his former Royal Marines colleague, Isaac Rasmussen, 28 were sentenced to 16-and-a-half years and 10 years respectively at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday.

Paul Jones, 43, was also jailed for seven-and-a-half years after the court heard his addresses were used as the destination for the drugs smuggled into the country from Holland in DPD parcels.

Eighteen kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of £1.8 million, was recovered by police, with one of the packages delivered to Paul Jones’s address while police were executing a warrant last year.

Police found eight Lego Duplo boxes, each with a kilogram of high-purity cocaine inside.

The court heard that the same day a package was delivered to an address in Whiston where Rasmussen was a tenant, but this was taken in by a neighbour.