Three charged after record-breaking £139m cannabis seizure

Three people from south Wales have been charged after a record £139m cannabis seizure.

Police said 12 tonnes of cannabis had been recovered from containers on 6 May, in transit to a port on the south coast of England.

The cannabis, which had been imported from Canada to the UK, had an estimated street value of £139m.

Two men and one woman, aged in their 30s and 40s and from Merthyr Tydfil, Ebbw Vale and Caerphilly, have been charged with knowingly concerned in the importation of cannabis, conspiracy to supply cannabis, money laundering and being knowingly concerned in the importation of a prohibited.

The 37-year-old man from Caerphilly was also charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, namely heroin and crack cocaine.

The group were remanded at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

They will next appear at Bristol Crown Court on July 24.