FOUR MEN CHARGED OVER SEIZURE OF 500 KILOS OF COCAINE WORTH £40 MILLION IN LELLEY
Four men arrested by National Crime Agency officers investigating the attempted importation of cocaine with a potential street value of around £40 million have been charged.
The men were detained on suspicion of conspiracy to import class A drugs at around 8:30am on 4th May in Lelley, following a NCA operation which was supported by Humberside Police, the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit and Border Force.
It follows the seizure of around 500 kilos of cocaine found in the back of a Vauxhall Vivaro van in the car park of the Stags Head Inn.
It is believed that the drugs had been transferred from a larger vessel sailing off the coast of Hull using a RHIB a few hours before.
The smaller boat was found abandoned on rocks at Easington Beach.
The men are:
- Anthony McAllister, aged 32, of Aldersyde, Taynuilt
- Daniel Livingstone, aged 24, of Calton Avenue, Campbeltown
- Mark Moran, aged 22, of Glenfyne Terrace, Ardrishaig
- Didier Javier Tordecilla Reyes, aged 39, Colombian national of no fixed abode
All four are expected to appear before Hull Magistrates later today.
