Influencer Jailed for Smuggling Drugs

0:00A 23-year-old Scottish social media influencer named Ellie Cramsey just got hit with a 16-month jail sentence for smuggling over. Seventeen kilograms of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport. The drugs, worth up to 151,000 pounds, were stuffed in vacuum sealed packages inside her suitcase as she flew back from A. Holiday in Thailand, last April. She got nabbed by Border Force officers on April 16th last year, after landing from Paris. C. pleaded guilty to being involved in supplying the Class B drug, and her lawyer argued she played a smaller role under pressure from others, who didn't show up or follow through. Cramsey's big and Glasgow's nightlife scene, promoting brands and running her own beauty spot, browsed by Ellie, where she does styling and treatments. From Brumhouse in Glasgow, she painted herself as naive, caught up with a controlling ex-boyfriend who knew the drug game. At sentencing last Friday, Sheriff Graeme Watson called her actions reckless, but bought

1:00the story of a power imbalance and lesser culpability after, reviewing reports. He said she knew her ex's history and carried his bag mixed with her clothes anyway. This case shows how quick trips abroad, can turn into heavy consequences, even for influencers chasing the glow-up. Stay sharp out there. That wraps Edinburgh news today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey, with the story.