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06/07/2015
11 Men Charged Over London Gateway Port Heroin Seizure
Eleven man, aged between 30 and 51, have been charged in connection with the seizure of 165 kilos of heroin at London Gateway Port in July 2014.
The heroin was concealed within metal lathes in a sea container which had arrived into London Gateway Port from Pakistan on 1 July 2014. The lathes were delivered to an industrial unit in Oldbury.
The investigation was lead by the National Crime Agency. The men, who are due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates on 23rd July, are Ameran Zeb KHAN, 36, Bordesley Green, Birmingham; Sajid HUSSAIN, 30, Yardley, Birmingham; Mohammed ALI, 35, Small Heath, Birmingham; Mohammed Ahsaf KHAN, 47, Handsworth, Birmingham; Rajesh PATEL, 51, of Staines Upon Thames; Zulfgar MUNSAF, 36, Winson Green, Birmingham; Martin James ADSHEAD, 42, Bearwood, Birmingham; Aftab Ali SHAFKIT, 34, Bearwood, Birmingham; Iftakhar AHMED, 42, Bromford, Birmingham; Imran ARIF, 33, Small Heath, Birmingham; Omar ISA, 33 of Alum Rock, Birmingham.
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The heroin was concealed within metal lathes in a sea container which had arrived into London Gateway Port from Pakistan on 1 July 2014. The lathes were delivered to an industrial unit in Oldbury.
The investigation was lead by the National Crime Agency. The men, who are due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates on 23rd July, are Ameran Zeb KHAN, 36, Bordesley Green, Birmingham; Sajid HUSSAIN, 30, Yardley, Birmingham; Mohammed ALI, 35, Small Heath, Birmingham; Mohammed Ahsaf KHAN, 47, Handsworth, Birmingham; Rajesh PATEL, 51, of Staines Upon Thames; Zulfgar MUNSAF, 36, Winson Green, Birmingham; Martin James ADSHEAD, 42, Bearwood, Birmingham; Aftab Ali SHAFKIT, 34, Bearwood, Birmingham; Iftakhar AHMED, 42, Bromford, Birmingham; Imran ARIF, 33, Small Heath, Birmingham; Omar ISA, 33 of Alum Rock, Birmingham.
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