Four men charged over Warwickshire meth lab operation

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 24 Oct, 15:08 · Archive

Four men have been charged with conspiracy to produce methamphetamine at a farm near Furnace End in Warwickshire. Kenneth Burton, from County Durham, Paul Harkness Mawby and Anthony Devine, both from Stockton-on-Tees, are all aged 34. Mohammed Khan, aged 36 and from Birmingham, was also arrested. The National Crime Agency arrested all four on Thursday and conducted searches in Birmingham and the North East.

Burton, Mawby and Devine are ordered to appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court, whilst Khan will appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Saturday. The charges follow an investigation into an alleged crime group manufacturing methamphetamine, a Class A drug, between February and August this year.

Five Mexican nationals were charged with the same offence and appeared at Warwickshire Crown Court on 10 September. Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, aged 45, is from Michoacan in southern Mexico, whilst Victor Ramirez, 47, Fausto Beltran, 33, Lioncio Moso Borja, 37, and Jose Nunez Angolo, 44, are from the Sinaloa region of northwest Mexico. All five pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy charge. They claim they were legitimately working as chefs and builders on the farm. They are scheduled to face trial in February next year.

How it is being reported

• Four charged with running ‘Breaking Bad’ meth lab on rural farmThe narcotics were made at a meth lab on a rural farm (Picture: NCA) Four more men have been charged in connection with the alleged production of meth from a farm in rural Warwickshire after five Mexican nationals appeared in court last month. The men are accused of conspiracy to produce…Metro · 24 Oct, 14:55
• Four men to appear in court accused of running 'Breaking Bad-style' meth lab in Warwickshire countryside with five MexicansThe men, all in their thirties, will appear in court a month after five Mexican nationals pleaded not guilty to being involved in a conspiracy to produce the Methamphetamine, on the farm.Daily Mail · 23 Oct, 18:54

In this story: Kenneth Burton · Paul Harkness Mawby · Anthony Devine · Mohammed Khan · Alejandro Ambriz Dimas · National Crime Agency · Furnace End · Warwickshire

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