British rapper, Nines, has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland.
The chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences.
The pair had previously pleaded guilty to drugs and money laundering charges.
Sentencing them both at Harrow Crown Court, Judge Rosa Dean said: “What a waste of all of that talent, to be sat in Wormwood Scrubs.”
Last year, Nines topped the UK album chart with his record ‘Crabs In A Bucket’ and was named best hip hop act at the MOBO Awards.
The court heard the pair had been involved in one successful bid to import the class B drug, while another attempt had also been made.
-BBC