FIVE men from Bolton were due in court today after being charged in connection with the importation of £20m worth of drugs.
Gary Scott Fenton, aged 24, from Howcroft Close, Bolton, Greg Michael Rothwell, aged 33, from Ainsworth Road, Little Lever, Hayden Jays, aged 30, from Second Avenue, Little Lever, Paul Michael Geraghty, aged 22, from Georgina Court, Morris Green and Ian Langworth, aged 43, from Bridge Street, Kearsley, were due before Bolton magistrates. The men were arrested on Wednesday after a haul of heroin, cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis was found in a lorry at Dover.
Customs officers swooped on the wagon which contained nearly 250kg of Class A and B drugs as it came out of the Channel Tunnel. Police said the drugs had an estimated street value of £20 million.
At the same time, several homes in Little Lever were raided as part of Operation Dispatch.
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