A Yorkshireman allegedly concerned in a plot to smuggle £1.25m value of medication into Northern Eire is to be launched from custody, the Excessive Courtroom dominated right now.
Mohammed Khan, 22, is accused of offering high-purity cocaine to a lorry driver who was stopped with the haul at Larne Port.
Khan, of Salt Road in Bradford, was granted bail amid claims he has no idea of the jurisdiction detectives introduced him to.
Defence barrister Declan Quinn stated: “He requested if the island of Eire moved, that’s how naïve he's about the place he's.”
Khan faces a cost of conspiracy to produce Class A medicine in reference to the seizure made on December 17 final 12 months.
Seven kilos of cocaine, 32 kilos of hashish, and 5 kilos of ketamine had been discovered contained in the cab of a lorry searched after arriving on a crossing from Scotland.
The motive force, 60-year-old Donald Moore, from Forthriver Highway in Belfast, is presently on bail dealing with fees related to the discover.
Khan was detained final month by the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit following cooperation with forces in Yorkshire and West Midlands.
The court docket heard he had been recognized by CCTV footage and surveillance as the person allegedly concerned in an alternate with Moore at a service station on the M6 in England.
Khan took an empty bag from the cab and returned with it, heavy and full, moments later, it was claimed.
The identical distinct bag was stated to comprise blocks of cocaine when police stopped the lorry at Larne Port.
Prosecution counsel Adrian Higgins claimed: “The Crown case is (Khan) equipped seven kilos of very excessive purity cocaine to the driving force and it's on CCTV.”
However Mr Quinn careworn there was a 24-hour interval between his consumer’s alleged interplay on the motorway service station and the seizure being made.
“There’s a serious concern on this case… it’s under no circumstances a slam-dunk for the prosecution,” he stated.
The barrister additionally argued it might be unfair for Khan to be the one alleged member of the conspiracy held in custody.
Siding with these submissions, Mr Justice Shaw determined to grant bail.
“I don’t see why this man must be handled any in a different way,” he stated.
Khan was ordered to abide by a curfew, report back to native police and give up his passport as a part of his launch phrases.