A former soldier is facing jail for Class A drugs offences after a parcel from China was intercepted at Stansted Airport.
John McDowall,29, from Stockton, who served for seven and a half years including in Afghanistan, was warned yesterday by a judge at Teesside Crown Court.
His lawyer Peter Wishlade said that he had sent for McDowall’s medical records which might be of use to the Probation Service in preparing a pre-sentence report.
McDowall pleaded guilty to encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence of assisting in the importation of Benzocaine, a cutting agent of cocaine between June 1 and July 22 last year at Stansted.
He also pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine to another between July 25 and August 7 last year.
McDowall, of Coverdale Road, Stockton, was remanded on bail for a pre-sentence report before sentencing on March 23.
Judge Peter Bowers told him: “You will have to see Probation in the meantime.
“You will understand, I’m sure, the gravity of the offences against you.”
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