British drug smuggler gets 10 years

British national Paul Bromley was commended by Durban Regional Court Magistrate Anand Maharaj for admitting to his involvement in dealing in hashish, cocaine and heroin worth more than R600m. Bromley, who was arrested in September 2009 with British brothers John and Paul Beasley and South Africans Morganathan Nadasen, Perumal Naidoo and Gopal Ganesh, was the only accused still behind bars, the court heard. The Beasleys were deported and released on parole, Nadasen and Naidoo are on parole and Ganesh was acquitted in September after Regional Magistrate Nanette Otto found there was no evidence proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew about the drugs. Full Daily News report