Two charged over '£2.5m' drugs haul

Date published: 20 August 2013


Two Middleton men have been charged after drugs worth an estimated £2.5m were seized by police in Greater Manchester.

Officers discovered drugs at Wilson Park Industrial Estate, Monsall, after finding amphetamine in a nearby car on 16 August.

Blaine McKenna, 25, and David Warrender, 29, of Middleton, are charged with conspiracy to supply drugs.

They are due at Manchester Crown Court on 7 September.

McKenna, of Farmway, was charged with conspiracy to supply a class A drug and two counts of conspiracy to supply a class B drug.

Warrender, of Alkrington Hall Road, was charged with conspiracy to supply a class A drug.

Police said they uncovered drugs including amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and paraphernalia at the industrial estate.

Four other men also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply drugs were bailed pending further inquiries.

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