Police seize £1 million of drugs destined for South Wales
Police find haul in the boot of a car
Police have intercepted a haul of drugs destined for South Wales with a street value of over £1million.
105 kilograms of Amphetamine was found in the boot of a car after a joint operation involving multiple police forces earlier this month.
A 45 year old man from Merseyside has been charged and remanded in custody after being stopped by West Mercia police on the 12th of June.
The joint operation was run by Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit for Southern Wales, and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU), working alongside Merseyside Police and West Mercia Police.
Acting Detective Sergeant Rhys Richards, of Tarian, said: “This success was as a result of regional intelligence sharing and cross-force collaboration.
“Collaborative work of this nature enables us to tackle the trafficking of illegal items, such as drugs and cash right across the UK.”
Detective Inspector Steve Owens, County Lines Coordinator for the North West, said: “As a region which has two of the biggest exporters of drugs in the United Kingdom, it is crucial we work with forces and agencies through the country to identify those crime groups responsible, intercept their couriers and prevent the untold harm these drugs do to communities.
"This is an excellent example of the collaborative work that goes on every day to achieve this.”