Seven men have been charged in relation to an alleged drugs plot to bring cocaine in the UK. Packages of Class As were discovered in August last year in a shipping container at the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk.
The drugs were allegedly destined for Wigan. Yesterday (Wednesday, November 29), National Crime Agency officers arrested nine suspects.
Now seven have been charged with conspiring to supply cocaine between February 27, 2020 and November 29, 2023. Two men were released on bail.
Stephen Martland, 68, of Lakeland Gardens, Chorley, Lancashire; Paul Mockett, 49, of Stump Lane, Chorley, Lancashire; Darryn Schofield, 44, of no fixed address; Neil Maguire, 44, of Georgia Close, Bootle, Liverpool; Neil Foley, 45, of Kingsway Avenue, Broughton, Preston, Lancashire; and Paul O’Shea, 45, of Edge Lane, Crosby, Liverpool have all been charged.
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