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07/05/2008
Police Quiz Man On Cocaine Haul
Police have been granted an extension to quiz a man in connection with a 135kg haul of cocaine.
Detectives will question the 55-year-old man from Nottingham for a further 32 hours on the drug find with a street value of around £15 million.
Officers discovered the Class A drug on Saturday after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers searched two lorries at the Essex port of Harwich.
It is believed that the vehicles came into the UK from Holland.
Earlier today three men, Peter Michael Hannigan, 49, from Kendal, Mark Seel Neville, 41, and Darren James Morris, 32, both from Preston appeared at South Lakeland District Magistrates court where they were charged with conspiracy to import cocaine and fraudulent evasion of prohibition on the importation of cocaine.
Mr Hannigan and Mr Neville were also charged with conspiracy to supply amphetamine, valued at £10,000.
Two men from Grantham in Lincolnshire, a 35-year-old and a 45-year-old, and a 32-year-old from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire have been released on police bail until 1 July.
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Detectives will question the 55-year-old man from Nottingham for a further 32 hours on the drug find with a street value of around £15 million.
Officers discovered the Class A drug on Saturday after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers searched two lorries at the Essex port of Harwich.
It is believed that the vehicles came into the UK from Holland.
Earlier today three men, Peter Michael Hannigan, 49, from Kendal, Mark Seel Neville, 41, and Darren James Morris, 32, both from Preston appeared at South Lakeland District Magistrates court where they were charged with conspiracy to import cocaine and fraudulent evasion of prohibition on the importation of cocaine.
Mr Hannigan and Mr Neville were also charged with conspiracy to supply amphetamine, valued at £10,000.
Two men from Grantham in Lincolnshire, a 35-year-old and a 45-year-old, and a 32-year-old from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire have been released on police bail until 1 July.
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