A judge has warned those tempted by the “easy money” of the drug trade that “it’s not worth it” after a young man was caught with a suitcase full of cocaine.

Reda Raghay, 22, faced the Victorian County Court on Friday morning for sentencing after pleading guilty to a charge of attempting to import a commercial quantity of the illicit drug.

Raghay, a Swiss national, was picked up by the Australian Border Force at Melbourne Airport on January 3 after collecting a black suitcase.

Inside officers found 25kg of cocaine in 21 individually wrapped bricks and a single towel.

‘Cautionary tale’

Raghay initially claimed he packed the suitcase himself but had lost the key, but appeared “scared” when he saw the bricks.

He told investigators he had been approached in Switzerland and given $4000 to

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