British mum charged with drug trafficking in Germany after being caught ‘smuggling cannabis in luggage from Thailand’

A young mother has been charged with drug trafficking in Germany, after allegedly smuggling cannabis from Thailand.

A young British mum has been charged with drug trafficking in Germany after allegedly smuggling cannabis from Thailand.

Cameron Bradford, 21, from Knebworth — north of Hertfordshire in England — was arrested at Munich Airport on April 22 as she attempted to collect her luggage.

Authorities became suspicious of Cameron when she changed her flight to London Heathrow via Singapore at the last minute – flying to Munich instead.

She has been charged with attempted transit of cannabis and abetting the international trafficking of cannabis, authorities said.

Cameron Bradford was detained at Munich airport for allegedly smuggling cannabis.

Authorities became suspicious of Cameron when she changed her flight to into London Heathrow via Singapore at the last minute.

A family friend said Cameron had travelled to Thailand on her own and posted a photo of the ocean on her Facebook account just days before her arrest.

She could be held for at least four months in a German prison while authorities investigate the origins of the cannabis, sources say.

When Cameron, who has a young son, didn’t return home on her Heathrow bound flight as expected, her family filed a missing persons report.

But the next day the family was alerted to her whereabouts in Germany.

Chief prosecutor Anne Leiding of the Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office said: “We can confirm that we are conducting proceedings in this matter.

“The defendant is still in custody.”

Cameron Bradford’s family filed a missing persons report when she didn’t return to England.

Cameron posted a photo of the ocean on her Facebook account just days before her arrest.

The prosecution is refusing to discuss the charges or even give a trial date, citing the ongoing investigation.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting a British woman who is detained in Germany and are in contact with her family and the local authorities.”

In 2024, Germany legalised cannabis for recreational use by adults aged 18 and over.

But despite a raft of publicity around the law change two essential points were missed.

The law does not extend to tourists or nonresidents, including British nationals.

It’s also interpreted differently across all of Germany’s 16 federal states.

And crucially the unauthorised import of cannabis, even for personal use, is strictly illegal and carries a hefty five years in prison.

Spate of drug arrests

The woman’s arrest comes after a British couple claiming to be tourists from Thailand were busted with more than 33kg of cannabis in their suitcases at a Spanish airport.

The pair were picked out by suspicious cops at Valencia Airport after displaying a “nervous and evasive attitude” and are now behind bars on drug trafficking charges.

The man and woman, aged 33 and 34, were stopped before reaching customs, with officials later discovering vacuum-packed marijuana and no clothes or personal belongings in their luggage.

Cops said the pair will not yet be named but were arrested late on May 5 and hauled to court the next day.

Their court appearance, which led to their remand in prison, took place behind-closed-doors as is normal in Spain where only trials are held in public.

Bella Culley – British teen arrested for drug trafficking in Georgia. Picture: Tiktok

Charlotte May Lee from Coulsdon, south London, was also arrested in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo after police discovered 46kg of ‘Kush’. Picture: Sri Lanka Police

The two British nationals are not expected to find out for several months now whether they will be formally indicted and face trial.

A British OnlyFans model was also caught allegedly smuggling nearly AU411,000 worth of Thai cannabis into Spain.

Glamorous Clara Wilson, from Huthwaite, Notts, has been charged with a drug running offence after more than 34 kilos of cannabis was found stuffed in her two suitcases.

Elsewhere, British teenager Bella May Culley, 18, sparked a massive international search operation in early May after she was reported missing while holidaying in Thailand.

However, it was later revealed that the teen had been arrested 6440km away on drug offences in Georgia.

She was allegedly carrying 14kg of cannabis into the ex-Soviet nation.

Around the same time, 21-year-old Charlotte Lee May, from Coulsdon, south London, was also arrested in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo after police discovered 46kg of ‘Kush’ – a synthetic strain of cannabis – in her suitcase.

The former flight attendant, facing up to 25 years in prison if convicted, is claiming she had “no idea” about the drugs worth up to AU$2.4 million and insisted they must have been planted in her luggage without her knowledge.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission