Detectives found a tonne of heroin and ketamine hidden in bags of basmati rice
Detectives intercepted a lorry carrying £300 million worth of drugs in what is being hailed as the 'UK's largest mainland drugs seizure'.
One of the named directors didn't exist and the other was under the name of an innocent individual whose identity had been stolen. After the shipping container carrying the drugs arrived in the UK, it was transported to a distribution yard in Essex. On January 29, 2020, the day the shipment arrived in the UK, both men travelled to Essex, prosecutor Matthew Conway said. They ended up staying two nights in a nearby Premier Inn due to damage to the shipping container delaying their task. It wasn't until two days later, on January 31, that they began their journey to deliver the drugs to the North West.
Parr, who resides on Barnham Close, Golborne, Wigan, confessed to conspiring to distribute class A and B drugs. Meanwhile, Tait, of Tram Street, Platt Bridge, was found guilty of the same offences following a trial. Three other men, who were accused of involvement, were acquitted at the second trial, which concluded in December last year. John Hayden, 60, of Roman Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ian Washington, 55, of Edge Green Lane, Golborne, Wigan, and Paul Adair, 48, of Beech Grove, Wigan, were all found not guilty of conspiring to supply class A and B drugs.
Gareth Roberts, for Tait, said the defendant hadn't initially been aware of the 'magnitude' of the drugs involved. He said Tait had been recruited as 'muscle' for 'minimal reward'.
Crime Greater Manchester Police Wigan
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