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The 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Leon Reid is among five men charged with drugs, possession of firearms and money-laundering offences. Reid, who ran 20.55sec on the Gold Coast to become Northern Ireland’s first Commonwealth Games track medal winner in 28 years, appeared last week in Bristol magistrates’ court.
The 26-year-old, who lives in Bath, is charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, permitting premises to be used in the production of crack cocaine, concealing criminal property, and acquiring criminal property.
In a statement the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit said the investigation was focused on “the large-scale supply of drugs, possession of firearms and ammunition, and money laundering”, adding: “A further 18 people have been arrested in connection with the case and are currently released under investigation.
Irish sprinter Leon Reid has been arrested and charged with drug offences in the UK.
Following a police investigation into the large-scale supply of drugs, possession of firearms and ammunition and money laundering, Reid appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court last month with three other men.
The four men were all arrested last year as part of the Operation Venetic investigation. A fifth man was due to appear before the hearing but failed to, so a warrant is now out for his arrest.
The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit confirmed that Reid, whose registered address is Longmead Terrace, Bath, was charged with “Conspiracy to supply class A (cocaine), permitting premises to be used in the production of class A (crack cocaine), concealing criminal property, and acquiring criminal property.”
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Antonio Segura
A man arrested at a house in Bristol with a rucksack containing £18,000 worth of cocaine, 44 ecstasy tablets and nearly £4,000 cash has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Antonio Segura, 54, of no fixed abode, was arrested in August last year at a flat on Hotwells Road by officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SW ROCU) and has been remanded in custody since.
He stood trial at Bristol Crown Court last week and on Thursday (January 7) was found guilty of two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs (cocaine and ecstasy) and one count of possession of class A (Psilocin, or Magic Mushrooms). The £3,837 cash from his rucksack was forfeited.
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