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2 days ago
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Cardiff Royal Mail sorting office workers find 18 bags of cannabis
Cannabis packages posted from California to addresses in Cardiff were discovered at a Royal Mail sorting office, a court has at a trial at Newport Crown Court were told millions of pounds worth of cannabis, some in packages labelled as Yankee Candles, were smuggled into the defendants, Mohammed Hussain, 28, and Abu Hussain, 28, changed their plea on Thursday and admitted conspiring to import the class B other defendants, Sean Montgomery, 24, and Steven Munroe, 44, deny all charges against them. On Friday the court heard both men told police they had no knowledge of what was inside the packages. Jurors heard from PC Lucy Lloyd who said 18 bags of vacuum packed cannabis were found by postal workers at the Cardiff sorting weighed the bags and found there was just over 8kg (17lb) of cannabis at the site on Penarth four men, from Cardiff, were charged with smuggling more than 300kg (661lb) of cannabis from California and New York into the UK using the postal service. On Friday the court heard the statement Mr Montgomery provided to police officers when he was denied supplying or importing class B drugs and denied being a member of an organised crime admitted going to the Royal Mail depot in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, but said he was not there to collect the parcels, just to check they were said: "I do not know what the parcels I was enquiring about were". Jurors were also read a transcript of the police interview with Mr Munroe, who denied supplying or importing class B drugs and denied being a member of an organised crime said he took in a parcel for a neighbour but "didn't have a clue" what was Hussain and Abu Hussain have pleaded guilty to supplying a controlled class B drug and conspiracy to import class B Montgomery and Mr Munroe deny both case continues.
BBC News
3 days ago
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Cardiff: Two men admit smuggling cannabis labelled as Yankee Candles
Two men have admitted conspiring to import millions of pounds worth of cannabis labelled as "Yankee Candles" from America to south Wales. Four men were charged with importing more than 300kg (661lb) of cannabis using a postal service and previously denied the claim, but Mohammed Hussain, 28 and Abu Hussain, 28, both from Cardiff, changed their plea to guilty on two had already pleaded guilty to supplying the class B drug, but jurors at Newport Crown Court found both men guilty of conspiracy to import class B drugs. Both will be sentenced at a later date, while the two other defendants, Sean Montgomery, 24, and Steven Munroe, 44, still deny both charges against them. At the beginning of the trial, Prosecutor Roger Griffiths told the court this was "drug dealing on an industrial scale".The court heard that 22 packages from California and New York ended up in a Royal Mail depot in Barry labelled as Yankee Wednesday a police officer told the court he went to the Barry depot to view fourteen suspicious packages which were labelled as having "Yankee Candles inside".However, "they were too light to be candles", and the addresses, which were earmarked for bogus addresses across south Wales, did not match the officer said they contained "vacuum sealed" packages used to transport case continues.
BBC News
4 days ago
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Cannabis worth millions disguised as Yankee Candles
Millions of pounds worth of drugs, labelled as "Yankee Candles", were posted from America to bogus addresses in south Wales, a court heard. Four men have gone on trial charged with smuggling more than 300kg (661lb) of cannabis from the US into the UK using the postal Hussain, 28, Abu Hussain 28, Sean Montgomery, 24 and Steven Munroe 44, all from Cardiff, deny conspiracy to import class B operation by police started after a postal worker reported suspicious activity and more than 20 uncollected parcels were seized at a sorting office. Jurors at Newport Crown Court on Wednesday were told the packages that arrived in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, were posted from California and New Roger Griffiths previously told the court this was, "drug dealing on an industrial scale".On Wednesday, the court heard from Royal Mail employee Robert Sennett, who said defendant Sean Montgomery arrived at the Barry depot to pick up three parcels, saying they were, "presents, gifts from family".But Mr Sennett said the parcels were earmarked for an address that "didn't exist", and did not hand over the parcels.M Griffiths said the police were called because, "similar packages had arrived from the United States" that were believed to be "suspicious".Jurors were told CCTV showed Mr Montgomery at the Barry Con Sean Meyrick, the main investigator in the case, told the court he believed Mr Montgomery went there because he was, "directed to collect parcels from America".The court was told police officer Patrick Levy went to the Royal Mail depot in Barry to view the suspicious said there were 14 packages, "with Yankee Candles inside", but he was told "they were too light to be candles" and the addresses did not match the said, "they were from California and New York" and that one package contained a long white box, and another, a brown officer said when he looked inside one box there was a "vacuum sealed package" that people used to "transport cannabis". Jurors were told Mr Montgomery was arrested and police recovered his Snapchat Con Meyrick said a video was recovered showing a large quantity of cannabis on the lap of someone with tattoos matching Mr Montgomery's said: "I've been a police officer for 20 years and in my experience the amount of cannabis on his lap is consistent with a kilo of cannabis."However, under cross examination he said he could not be sure the cannabis in the picture was linked to the conspiracy Mr Montgomery was charged Con Meyrick said there were messages from an unidentified person suggesting they should pay a postal worker £5,000 to recover the cannabis from the Barry message referred to "60 bags L", which Det Con Meyrick said meant the organised crime group stood to lose £60,000 of Hussain was arrested at his home in Ninian Park Road in Cardiff where police found a packet of cannabis, money and a phone, and empty cannabis packages in a car, which had previously been identified by a postal Hussain and Abu Hussain pleaded guilty to supplying a controlled class B drug but deny conspiracy to import class B Montgomery and Steven Munroe denied both case continues.
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5 days ago
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Four accused of smuggling cannabis to UK in the post
Four men have gone on trial charged with smuggling more than 300kg of cannabis from the US into the UK using the postal service. Mohammed Hussain, 28, Abdu Husain 28, Sean Montgomery, 24 and Steven Munroe 44, all from Cardiff, are charged with conspiracy to import and supply controlled drugs. An operation by police started after a postal worker reported suspicious activity and more than 20 uncollected parcels were seized at a sorting office. The jury at Newport Crown court heard this was "drug dealing on an industrial scale". Prosecutor Roger Griffiths said "80 addresses across south Wales" were listed in the police operation. Mr Griffiths said: "Some of the addresses didn't exist but you can see the scale of the operation by the number of addresses." He said 329kg of cannabis worth millions was imported. Mr Griffiths told the jury how two defendants, Mohammed Hussain and Abdu Husain, were both involved in the "distribution and collection of cannabis and large sums of money". He said the pair was working for the leader of an organised crime gang. The jury heard both men would collect parcels from the addresses and take them to a "stash house" in Cardiff. Mr Griffiths said: "While the pair have pleaded guilty to the domestic distribution, we say they must have been involved in the importation of cannabis." Text messages asking about delivery were read to the court, which the prosecution say shows they were "participants in the importation of drugs." Sean Montgomery's involvement was on 26 October 2024 he went to the Royal Mail sorting office in Barry to collect three parcels. They weren't released because the address didn't exist, the sorting office reported them and they were seized by the police. By this stage there were 22 parcels at the sorting office to the address. Parcels with at least 85kg were intercepted by UK Border Force. The court heard Stephen Munroe's involvement was he allowed 23kg to be delivered to his house in Splott. The prosecution claim he "knew about the bigger operation and parcels coming in from America". The jury was told the police operation started in November 2022 after a postal worker was suspected and arrested for intercepting parcels on his rounds. When a new worker started on that round, he was "approached by an Asian man who asked if there was a parcel for 44 Kidwelly Grove", Mr Griffiths said. "When he found out about his former colleague and when the man approached him a second time asking for a parcel, he made a note of the car number plate and model and reported it to the police. "The car was registered to Mohammed Hussain." Police arrested Mr Hussain and inside the car found empty cannabis packets and other drug paraphernalia. His phone was also seized, which Mr Griffiths said "revealed his extensive involvement in the distribution of cannabis". The "stash house" on Ninian Road was raided and 58 parcel wrappings were discovered and 1kg of cannabis. The men were all arrested in December 2024. Mr Munroe told officers he had accepted £50 to take delivery of a parcel but he didn't know about the parcels intercepted by UK Border Force. The court heard Mr Montgomery told the police he had only gone to the sorting office after a friend called him and asked because he was in Barry. The other two men exercised their right to silence. Mohammed Hussain and Abdu Husain have pleaded guilty to supply a controlled class B drug but deny conspiracy to import class B drugs. Sean Montgomery and Steven Munroe deny both charges.
BBC News
5 days ago
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Cardiff: Four on trial for smuggling cannabis via post
Four men have gone on trial charged with smuggling more than 300kg of cannabis from the US into the UK using the postal Hussain, 28, Abdu Husain 28, Sean Montgomery, 24 and Steven Munroe 44, all from Cardiff, are charged with conspiracy to import and supply controlled operation by police started after a postal worker reported suspicious activity and more than 20 uncollected parcels were seized at a sorting jury at Newport Crown court heard this was "drug dealing on an industrial scale". Prosecutor Roger Griffiths said "80 addresses across south Wales" were listed in the police Griffiths said: "Some of the addresses didn't exist but you can see the scale of the operation by the number of addresses."He said 329kg of cannabis worth millions was Griffiths told the jury how two defendants, Mohammed Hussain and Abdu Husain, were both involved in the "distribution and collection of cannabis and large sums of money".He said the pair was working for the leader of an organised crime jury heard both men would collect parcels from the addresses and take them to a "stash house" in Griffiths said: "While the pair have pleaded guilty to the domestic distribution, we say they must have been involved in the importation of cannabis."Text messages asking about delivery were read to the court, which the prosecution say shows they were "participants in the importation of drugs."Sean Montgomery's involvement was on 26 October 2024 he went to the Royal Mail sorting office in Barry to collect three weren't released because the address didn't exist, the sorting office reported them and they were seized by the this stage there were 22 parcels at the sorting office to the with at least 85kg were intercepted by UK Border court heard Stephen Munroe's involvement was he allowed 23kg to be delivered to his house in prosecution claim he "knew about the bigger operation and parcels coming in from America".The jury was told the police operation started in November 2022 after a postal worker was suspected and arrested for intercepting parcels on his rounds. When a new worker started on that round, he was "approached by an Asian man who asked if there was a parcel for 44 Kidwelly Grove", Mr Griffiths said."When he found out about his former colleague and when the man approached him a second time asking for a parcel, he made a note of the car number plate and model and reported it to the police."The car was registered to Mohammed Hussain."Police arrested Mr Hussain and inside the car found empty cannabis packets and other drug phone was also seized, which Mr Griffiths said "revealed his extensive involvement in the distribution of cannabis".The "stash house" on Ninian Road was raided and 58 parcel wrappings were discovered and 1kg of men were all arrested in December Munroe told officers he had accepted £50 to take delivery of a parcel but he didn't know about the parcels intercepted by UK Border court heard Mr Montgomery told the police he had only gone to the sorting office after a friend called him and asked because he was in other two men exercised their right to Hussain and Abdu Husain have pleaded guilty to supply a controlled class B drug but deny conspiracy to import class B Montgomery and Steven Munroe deny both charges.
