Two males have been remanded in custody accused of being in possession of just about £2 million price of medicine seized in Northern Eire earlier this week.
The accused are each from Bolton in England and had been arrested when law enforcement officials raided a warehouse close to Castledawson, Co Derry.
Officers discovered 16kg of cocaine and 30kg of hashish in a cargo of frozen inexperienced beans.
The haul is estimated to be price £1.9 million.
One of many accused is 53-year-old Elyas Saddique.
He’s the registered proprietor of the fruit and vegetable firm the place the drug was discovered.
Omagh Magistrates Court docket was advised he had additionally booked flights from Manchester to Belfast and employed a van utilized by him and his co-accused.
The 2 males had rented an Airbnb within the space.
The co-accused is Thomas Foxcroft, 25, who can also be from the Bolton space.
Each had arrived in Northern Eire the night time earlier than the medicine had been seized.
Opposing bail, a police officer mentioned he believed the 2 males had been half of a bigger felony enterprise that could possibly be seeking to recoup their losses.
He mentioned there was a threat of flight and that neither of the accused had any apparent connection to Northern Eire.
District Decide Michael McElhom mentioned that neither defendant was a candidate for bail.
He mentioned he didn’t suppose police in England would have sufficient assets to watch him successfully if he returned to Bolton.
He mentioned a “big quantity of medicine” had been concerned in what he described as a “critical felony enterprise”.
He remanded them in custody till June 5.
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