Man faces £3m drug smuggling charge

A 26-year-old man has been charged with smuggling heroin estimated to be worth £3m (€3.44m) after being stopped at the Channel Tunnel entrance.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2011 - 14:11

A 26-year-old man has been charged with smuggling heroin estimated to be worth £3m (€3.44m) after being stopped at the Channel Tunnel entrance.

UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers who stopped a coach en route to London at Coquelles in northern France found 31 heroin packages in a suitcase in the hold.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Channel Tunnel Place: London Place: Coquelles Place: northern France Place: Netherlands Place: UK Person: Mimoun Bounaouara Person: Barbara Wilson Organisation: UK Border Agency Organisation: UKBA Organisation: Border Force South

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