Huge stash of drugs found hidden in tinned Polish food at Ealing address
The Met's Central Task Force has uncanned a drug smuggling network in Ealing - with more than 20,000 ecstasy tablets and 10 kilos of amphetamine found in tins purporting to contain Polish food.
Three men have been arrested. The 29-year-old was found in possession of cannabis, more than 200 ecstasy tablets, and charged with conspiracy to supply drugs.
Police then arrested his accomplice, a 31-year-old man, for conspiracy to supply after finding him in possession of three bags of amphetamine sulphate.
Further searches of the house and a bed-sit within the house uncovered more than 300 ecstasy tablets, 600 LSD squares and three kilos of cannabis.
Also found were seven tins of what appeared to be sealed Polish food but on opening they were found to contain a substance that is believed to be amphetamine sulphate. Also secreted within these tins was a large quantity of pink tablets that are believed to be ecstasy.
Another 31-year-old man was later arrested for conspiracy to supply drugs after searches of a Brentford address uncovered 35 identical tins to the Ealing address, with sample tins opened to uncover amphetamine powder and a large quantity of ecstasy tablets.
The total weight of all the recovered tins is approximately 18 kilos, which are estimated to
contain in the region of 20,000 ecstasy tablets and 10 kilos of high-grade amphetamine.
DI Marion Ryan, from the Central Task Force, said:
"These arrests demonstrate that whilst criminals may seek to find unusual places in order to
import and supply drugs we continue to be a step ahead.
This seizure and the arrest of these three men completely disrupts this network's ability to
operate and in doing so helps prevent the harm that these drugs would otherwise have caused to London's communities."
All three men are currently in custody at a south London police station.
June 12, 2008