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| £4.5m of drugs found in suitcases | £4.5m of drugs found in suitcases |
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| A driver has been charged with attempting to smuggle about 100kg (220lb) of heroin with an estimated street value of £4.5m into the UK. | A driver has been charged with attempting to smuggle about 100kg (220lb) of heroin with an estimated street value of £4.5m into the UK. |
| Thirty-year-old Stephen McNamee, of Bryn Tewan, Holyhead, on Anglesey, was stopped at Dover after arriving on a ferry from Dunkirk on Monday. | |
| Customs officers said they found the heroin hidden in three suitcases in his French-registered car. | Customs officers said they found the heroin hidden in three suitcases in his French-registered car. |
| Mr McNamee appeared before magistrates at Folkestone on Wednesday. | |
| He was remanded in custody and will reappear before Dover Magistrates Court on 11 September. | |
| The Class A drug was found in two cases which were stowed in the car boot while the third was in a rear passenger footwell. | The Class A drug was found in two cases which were stowed in the car boot while the third was in a rear passenger footwell. |