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9/3/2009 1:03 PM
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Pensioners 'helped flood Britain with cannabis'

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Two pensioners helped to flood Britain with millions of pounds of cannabis disguised as frozen chicken imports, a court heard on Wednesday.

The consignments, which originated in Holland, were shipped to a bonded meat warehouse in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, before being picked up by the gang, including 70-year-olds Derek Mercer, from south east London, and John Rowe, from east London, it was said.

The cannabis was then delivered to a haulage and storage company in Grays, Essex, from where the drugs were “very quickly” sent out to customers so that the evidence disappeared, Southwark Crown court was told.

Andrew Marshall, for the prosecution, said the operation was “a significant drug smuggling enterprise”.

The court heard three other men have admitted taking part.

They are Patrick Maloney, 51, of Southwark, south-east London, Russ O’Cuneff, 51, of Poplar, east London, and Wattie Soutter, 68, of Raymouth Road, Rotherhithe, south-east London.

Mr Marshall said police secretly tracked the gang’s movements before raiding Mr Mercer’s haulage company nearly six months ago.

He said all five defendants were arrested at the scene although two other men - Anthony Fraser and Neil Mulligan - who were also allegedly involved “did a runner”.

The barrister said a search of the premises uncovered 1.4 tonnes of cannabis in Mr Mercer’s warehouse “waiting for the customers”.

A further 882lb (400kg) was recovered from Mr Soutter’s van, while 132lb (60kg) of the more potent “skunk” form of the drug was allegedly found in Mr Rowe’s Volvo Estate.

“That is all worth an awful lot of money, certainly millions of pounds,” Mr Marshall explained.

“Even this importation alone ranks as a major one, but when you look back and see how many have gone in previously you can see really quite massive quantities of cannabis resin have been brought into the country in this way.”

Mr Marshall told jurors that of the two on trial only Mr Mercer answered questions when interviewed.

The haulage company boss told officers he had been approached three weeks earlier by someone he knew only as Tony for the use of his yard for a “loading and unloading” exercise.

He maintained that after being offered £500 for his trouble, he asked if there was anything “iffy” going on, but was assured everything was above board.

“I didn’t really know it was drugs, I can tell you that,” he added.

mr...bojangles
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9/3/2009 1:13 PM

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England is awful..... poor brits.....

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