{"id":4445,"date":"2021-04-04T15:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T15:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2021-04-04T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T15:13:30","slug":"cops-find-the-key-to-cocaine-haul-in-ilford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/04\/cops-find-the-key-to-cocaine-haul-in-ilford\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops find the key to cocaine haul in Ilford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE CLASS A drugs were well hidden, but police officers managed to find the haul \u2013 and jail the locksmith who had gone to great lengths to hide them. It is estimated that the drugs were worth \u00a31.5 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man jailed is Alex Guest, 40, of Boleyn Way, Ilford. He pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to supply and possession of criminal property at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 30th June 2020. He returned to the Court on 30th March 2021, where he was sentenced to 11 years and three months\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guest had been arrested in April 2020 at the end of an intelligence-led operation, when police stopped a van he was driving on the M11 southbound near the junction with the A406 in Redbridge. It was in the van that officers found a hidden compartment in the partition wall \u2013 covered by a locksmith\u2019s cabinet. In the compartment was 15kg of cocaine, a set of electronic scales and several mobile phones. Police found \u00a3129,000 in cash at Guest\u2019s home and two hydraulic press machines at an address he had links to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Detective Constable Russell McIntyre, the investigating officer from Specialist Crime, said, \u201cGuest was part of an organised network importing large amounts of cocaine into the UK, almost routinely. Using his legitimate locksmith business as cover, he thought he could conceal his involvement by using an elaborate hide \u2013 he failed. This investigation is an example of great team work which led to us taking a huge quantity of harmful Class A drugs off the streets of London. Drugs blight communities and ruin lives and we will continue to robustly target those responsible for bringing them into the capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25cfTo catch up with the news in East London, go to:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>East London News<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Tuesday Show<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CLASS A drugs were well hidden, but police officers managed to find the haul \u2013 and jail the locksmith who had gone to great lengths to hide them. It is estimated that the drugs were worth \u00a31.5 million. The man jailed is Alex Guest, 40, of Boleyn Way, Ilford. 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