By Lisa Buckley
DRUGS HAUL... photographs of the heroin, with a potential street value of £3.1m, which was found by Border Force officers at the Port of Felixstowe. NNNA
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A NORTH Warwickshire man
is to stand trial for his alleged part in a major drugs operation to bring millions of pounds worth of heroin into the country.
is to stand trial for his alleged part in a major drugs operation to bring millions of pounds worth of heroin into the country.
Darren Clarke, who is 52-years-old and from Tamworth Road in Kingsbury, is one of seven suspects due to appear in court next month following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
The NCA has charged all seven men in connection with the seizure of 44 kilos of heroin at the Port of Felixstowe.
in connection with the seizure of 44 kilos of heroin at the Port of Felixstowe.
"On August 26, 2014 Border Force officers found the heroin, which would have had a likely potentialstreet value of around £3.1m, concealed within industrial machinery imported from Pakistan," said a spokesperson for West Midlands Police.
street value of around £3.1m, concealed within industrial machinery imported from Pakistan," said a spokesperson for West Midlands Police.
"The heroin was removed and NCA investigators watched as the machinery was transported to an industrial estate in Desford, Leicestershire, where it was unloaded and taken to another industrial estate in the Tyseley area of Birmingham."
Between September 6 2014 and June 22 of this year a number of arrests have been made.
The full list of suspects charged this week with conspiracy to import heroin is Garry Campbell, aged 57 from Nethy Bridge, Inverness, Mark Regan, aged 43 from Burnaston Road, Hall Green, Andrew Lillis, aged 46 from High Beech, Coventry, Trevor Connor, aged 40 from Holmwood Road, Small Heath, Darren Clarke, aged 52 from Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, and Skinder Ali, aged 36, from Charminster Avenue, Yardley.
Mark Asson who is aged 53 and from Tulip Walk, Chelmsley Wood, is charged with assisting in an act of an organised crime group.
All seven men have been released on conditional bail and are due to appear at BirminghamMagistrates Court on August 13.
Court on August 13.
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