4:09pm Wednesday 29th April 2009
By Jenny Loweth
Parcels of children’s clothing bound for Bradford had bags of heroin concealed in them, a jury heard.
One package, addressed to M Faisel, Raglan Terrace, was opened by customs officers at Coventry International Hub depot in December 2007, it is alleged.
Bradford Crown Court was told today it contained children’s clothing, including two anoraks. Stitched into one were 56 plastic packages of heroin. The other concealed 76 similar bags of the drug.
On trial are husband and wife Mohammed Faisal, 31, and Patricia Malicka, 30, of Tyne Street, Wapping, Bradford, said to be managing director and administration director of the Yorkshire College Ltd in Manningham.
With them in the dock are Roohul Amin, 35, of Raglan Terrace, listed as college finance director; Faisal’s younger brother, Mohammed Alamgir, 25, also of Tyne Street; and Ali Iftikhar, 39, of Thornbury Crescent, Thornbury. All deny drug smuggling and money laundering.
Prosecutor Peter Moulson told the jury almost 13kg of heroin, with a street value of nearly £650,000, was seized by the authorities.
He alleged the drug was hidden in parcels from Pakistan that were intercepted and replaced with flour and water.
Mr Moulson said other parcels contained heroin hidden in a towel and children’s fur lined jackets.
The trial continues.
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