Two charged in connection with £10m cocaine bust

COOKHAM: Two more people have been charged in connection with a £10million cocaine bust case for which a Cookham man is also awaiting trial.

James Satterley, from Kings Lane, was charged with importing class A drugs by National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators at Newhaven port in East Sussex in November 2019.

The 50-year-old was the driver of a refrigerated van carrying frozen fish, which was discovered by Border Force officers, who believed the drugs to have a street value of £10million.

Jean Labelle, from the Isle of Wight, and Tanvir Hussain, of High Wycombe, were also previously charged in relation to the case.

The trio's trial is listed for April 2022 at Lewes Crown Court. Two brothers have now also been arrested and charged by NCA officers in connection with the seizure.

Michael Keating, 53, of

Springwell Lane, Uxbridge, and Matthew Keating, 46, of High Street, Rickmansworth, were arrested on Thursday.

After being charged with conspiring to import class A drugs, they both appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates on Friday. The former was also charged with possessing criminal property in connection with a sum of cash estimated to be around £100,000 found by NCA officers during a home search.