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Two Hungarian drug-smugglers received prison sentences last week after attempting to use bookshelves headed for the Cambridge University Library to smuggle amphetamines into the country.

The illegal cargo never made it to the ‘Other Place’ as the pair were stopped by the UK Border Agency while trying to enter Britain at Ramsgate in September 2009. Police found £1.3 million worth of speed hidden inside a set of roller-shelves when they searched the lorry.

Although the University has been quick to emphasise that the drugs did not make it as far as the library, some students have expressed disappointment at the interception of what could have been a welcome distraction during a day’s work.

Sandor Szabo, 45, and Csaba Hollo, 36, each now face six years in prison.

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