Drugs Importation is when a person has participated in the process of importing or export. Furthermore, this is often done on a very large scale and so the Courts treat these offences as incredibly serious. In the UK there is an outright prohibition on the importation of a controlled drug.

Controlled drugs are classed according to their relative degree of overall harm from misuse. There are three classes of controlled drugs. The class of drug a person is caught possessing, supplying or producing affects the severity of the offence.

• Treated as the most dangerous, Class A drugs  include cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, magic mushrooms and crystal meth.
• Drugs including codeine, ketamine, cannabis and ‘spice’ are categorised as Class B drugs
• Class C drugs include anabolic steroids, minor tranquilisers, GHB and khat.