Four charged after drugs haul and £30,000 cash seized in raid
Four people have been charged after quantities of drugs and cash were recovered in a raid on a property in Birmingham.
National Crime Agency officers moved in on Wednesday evening as part of an ongoing investigation into drug supply and money laundering.
Inside the house on Chester Road, in Erdington, NCA search teams recovered more than 130 kilos of cannabis.
Some of the packages were vacuum packed in bags ready to go, others were hidden inside the walls in the loft area of the property.
A further 600 ecstasy tablets and around £30,000 cash were also found, along with two kilos of a white crystalline powder which has been sent for testing. Some of the cash had been bundled up and thrown into a neighbouring garden.
Four Vietnamese men were arrested. Following questioning they were charged with drugs supply and money laundering offences, and appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court today. They were remanded in custody until their next hearing at Birmingham Crown Court on February 5.
Charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs, possession with intent to supply class B drugs, Proceeds of Crime Act offences (money laundering) were Minh Van Phan, 24, Bui Tuan, 23, Van Dinh Tran, 24 and Hoang Vien, 34.
A 27-year-old Vietnamese woman was also arrested but was released under investigation.
A further two Vietnamese nationals, both men, were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences and have been handed to the immigration authorities.
