HEROIN WORTH #15 MILLION – THE BIGGEST SEIZURE OF

HEROIN WORTH #15 MILLION – THE BIGGEST SEIZURE OF THE DRUG

EVER MADE BY CUSTOMS INVESTIGATORS – WAS SMUGGLED INTO BRITAIN BY

FOUR SICILIANS, AN OLD BAILEY JURY WAS TOLD ON MONDAY.

IT WAS INTENDED FOR ONWARDS TRANSMISSION TO CANADA WHERE IT

WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH A STAGGERING 150 MILLION DOLLARS TO STREET DRUG

PEDLARS, SAID MR RICHARD DU CANN QC, PROSECUTING.

THE SMUGGLERS ALSO BROUGHT IN 238 KILOS OF CANNABIS

WORTH #500,000, WHICH WAS ALSO INTENDED FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET, THE

JURY HEARD.

BOTH THE HEROIN, SENT FROM NORTH TAILAND, AND THE CANNABIS,

WHICH HAD COME FROM CASHMERE IN INDIA, WERE SMUGGLED INTO BRITAIN

INSIDE FURNITURE.

FRANCESCO SIRACUSA, 33, OF WESTFIELD ROAD, WOKING, SURREY,

FILLIPO MONTELEONE, 41, OF THAXTED COURT, ABBEYFIELD ROAD,

ROTHERHITHE, ANTONIO LUCIANI, 40, OF LINCOLN ROAD, ENFIELD, MIDDX.

,

AND FRANCESCO DI CARLO, 43, OF BRACKENDENE, HORSELL RISE, WOKING, ALL

DENY PLOTTING TO IMPORT THE DRUGS BETWEEN JULY 82 AND JUNE 85.

TRIAL CONTINUES

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