A York man jailed after detectives unravelled a multi-million pound international drugs scam has failed to convince top judges his sentence was too harsh.
Richard John Agar, 44, of Prospect Farm, Tollerton Road, York, was jailed for six years at Basildon Crown Court last October after he was convicted of two counts of involvement in the importation of drugs.
Agar was also given a two-year travel restriction.
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Mr Justice Macduff, sitting in London's Appeal Court with Lord Justice Gage and Mr Justice Forbes, said Agar's crimes were "part of a much bigger picture", involving the massive importation of cannabis, sometimes hidden in consignments of childrens' clothes or cans of fruit.
Agar was not one of those who masterminded the smuggling operation, said the judge, but was snared by police after he attended a rendezvous at a Basildon warehouse in June 2006 to collect a £200,000 cannabis haul by lorry.
Agar was transferring two pallets containing the cannabis to a lorry when officers intervened, said the judge. The drugs were concealed inside wooden fireplace surrounds.
Agar challenged his six-year term, claiming it was "manifestly excessive". But Mr Justice Macduff said Agar had previous convictions for drugs offences.
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