Say cheese! 📸🧀
— Lancashire Police (@LancsPolice) April 15, 2024
This is the moment Saleem Chaudhri and Rieddul Mohabath said ‘cheese’ to our custody camera, after concealing cocaine inside blocks of Gouda smuggled from Belgium.
Not a Gouda idea, if you ask us 🤔 pic.twitter.com/fWHYEddtMH
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:37am on 17 Apr 2024,Wednesday International
Saleem Chaudhri, 46, from Blackburn, UK, sentenced to 27 years and six months for smuggling £17m worth of cocaine concealed in Gouda cheese blocks. Lancashire Police raided his unit, discovering 478lb of cocaine. Chaudhri and accomplice Rieadul Mohabath, 28, admitted to the £70m conspiracy. Mohabath received a 16-year sentence. Police seized cash and suspected drugs during Mohabath's arrest in South Shields, UK. Chaudhri's home search revealed nearly £10,000 in cash. The operation involved trafficking over 4,400lb of cocaine. Detective Sgt Haydn Sibley emphasized the elaborate measures taken to conceal the drugs, marking Lancashire's largest cocaine bust.
