article_snippet: Lee Dyer, 40, (pictured), has been sentenced to five years in prison after trying to smuggle £8million worth of liquid amphetamine across the border .
article_snippet: Lee Dyer, 40, from St HelensSt Helens, Merseyside was stopped by Border Force officers at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Coquelles, France last May and told Lee Dyer, 40, from St Helens A van driver who tried to smuggle £8million worth of liquid amphetamine in wine bottles had been in Belgium doing plastering and collecting solar panels.
article_snippet: Lee Dyer was arrested and checks on Dyer's van, the National Crime Agency (NCA) showed Dyer's van, the National Crime Agency (NCA) had been hired in Warrington, with Lee Dyer supplying the hire company with a false address.
article_snippet: For previous trips Lee Dyer had also used hired vehicles, taking hired vehicles abroad illegally.
article_snippet: Last month, Lee Dyer admitted importing controlling drugs and Lee Dyer was today sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court.
article_snippet: Matthew Rivers, from the NCA's Border Policing Command, said: 'Lee Dyer Lee Dyer told to explain Lee Dyer trips to the continent was a lie.
article_snippet: Our investigation proved that in reality Lee Dyer was a professional courier who travelled to the Netherlands to source drugs. '
article_snippet: Paul Morgan, director of Border Force South East and Europe, said: 'This seizure means a significant quantity of drugs failed to reach the streets and demonstrates Border Force's commitment to keeping them out of the UK. '
article_snippet: Paul Morgan, director of Border Force South East and Europe work closely with law enforcement colleagues, including the NCA, to prevent drug trafficking and do all we can to put those responsible behind bars.'
highlights_snippet: Lee Dyer, 40, from St Helens, stopped by Border Force officials in France .
  
highlights_snippet: Said Lee Dyer, 40, from St Helens had been in Belgium doing plastering and collecting solar panels .
  