A mom and daughter have appeared in court docket after an “Aladdin’s Cave” of medicine value greater than £300,000 was uncovered by police.
Imelda Clarke and Audrey Clarke are charged with a number of counts of possessing class A, B and C medication with intent to provide and possession of felony property.
At Dungannon Magistrates’ Courtroom on Saturday a police officer mentioned on Thursday officers searched the premises of The Bedstore on Cookstown Street within the city the place each girls are employed.
Audrey Clarke (42) was in a workshop the place medication paraphernalia was found in a wardrobe and £4,000 in money was present in her automotive.
White powder and hashish syrup had been additionally present in a purse linked to 62-year-old Imelda Clarke. The detective mentioned packing containers of hashish had additionally been intercepted in December 2021 and once more in January and March this 12 months, two of which had been destined for Audrey’s residence and the opposite to The Bedstore, all bearing fictitious names.
Officers looking Audrey’s residence discovered two kilos of medicine in a shed whereas cocaine was present in a bed room.
A search of Imelda’s home uncovered 4.5 kgs of artificial ecstasy, one other 1.2 kgs of ecstasy, 1kg of cocaine, 15kgs of hashish and £4,000 in a field within the kitchen in a scene which one officer described as “an Aladdin’s cave”.
The detective added: “The mixed worth of medicine is roughly £330,000. Audrey Clarke has denied all data of the gadgets discovered. She claimed the field of money at her mom’s was given to her by a named man to retailer in return for future cost. She claimed to don't have any data of the contents. Police have tried to hint this individual however can discover no particulars.”
The officer mentioned Audrey claimed £500 of the £4,000 present in her automotive was from the sale of a hoop and the remainder was takings from a Bedstore clearance sale.
She added that Audrey’s cellphone contained robust proof of drug possession and provide. Imelda Clarke additionally denied all of the allegations and couldn’t account for the gadgets in her property.
Whereas police accepted Imelda cares for her husband and Audrey has six youngsters, the officer mentioned the medication had been “on an industrial scale, suggesting excessive stage provide”.
Making use of for bail the Clarkes’ attorneys mentioned two others had been launched following arrest because of the investigation.
Refusing bail, District Choose Steven Keown mentioned: “It is a main, large-scale operation involving medication and money.”
Imelda Clarke of Dunavon Park and Audrey Clarke of Dunavon Heights, each in Dungannon, will seem once more by video-link subsequent month.