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Mark Tucker, 53, was convicted at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday following a five-day trial. Tucker was convicted alongside Christopher Bullows from St Helens after attempting to smuggle 243kg of cocaine into the UK on an empty passenger coach. The National Crime Agency investigated Bullows and Tucker after the coach was stopped at Dover Docks in September 2020. Bullows was driving the vehicle, and Tucker was his only passenger. A search by Border Force uncovered the cocaine hidden in a specially constructed wastewater tank. The drugs would have been worth around £19.4million if sold on the streets of the UK. Bullows, 50, of Lord Street, St Helens, told NCA investigators that he had taken the coach to Belgium so that the air conditioning system, which was under warranty there, could be repaired.
A MAN from St Helens has been convicted for his part in a multi-million pound cocaine smuggling plot. Christopher Bullows, 54, admitted at Canterbury Crown Court last month to his part in the attempt to smuggle 243kg of cocaine into the UK on an empty passenger coach. He was convicted alongside Mark Tucker, who was found guilty this week after a five-day trial. Christopher Bullows The National Crime Agency investigated Bullows and Tucker after the coach was stopped at Dover docks in September 2020. Bullows was driving the vehicle and Tucker was his only passenger. The pair attempted to smuggle a huge quanitity of drugs
Two men caught trying to smuggle £19m-worth of cocaine into UK in a hidden compartment in a coach
Christopher Bullows and Mark Tucker were arrested after the coach was stopped at Dover Docks
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Christopher Bullows (top left) and Mark Tucker were caught with 243 kilos of cocaine
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Mark Tucker, 53, was convicted at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday following a five-day trial. Tucker was convicted alongside Christopher Bullows from St Helens after attempting to smuggle 243kg of cocaine into the UK on an empty passenger coach. The National Crime Agency investigated Bullows and Tucker after the coach was stopped at Dover Docks in September 2020. Bullows was driving the vehicle, and Tucker was his only passenger. A search by Border Force uncovered the cocaine hidden in a specially constructed wastewater tank. The drugs would have been worth around £19.4million if sold on the streets of the UK. Bullows, 50, of Lord Street, St Helens, told NCA investigators that he had taken the coach to Belgium so that the air conditioning system, which was under warranty there, could be repaired.