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£1m of cocaine found in electric wheelchair

Cocaine with a street value of almost £1m was found stashed in an electric wheelchair at Manchester Airport after a flight from Barbados.

Border Force officers scanned the wheelchair and found it contained 11 packages, weighing 12kg (26.4lbs) on Sunday 30 March.

Portuguese national Casimiro De Lemos Francisco, 56, has been charged with drug trafficking and was remanded in custody after a hearing at Salford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) released pictures of brown packages, wrapped in masking tape, hidden in the seat and backrest of the chair.

NCA senior investigating officer Charles Lee said: “The concealment shows the ingenuity crime groups employ to smuggle cocaine.”

Mr De Lemos Francisco is next due to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 6 May.


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