11:07am Thursday 20th November 2008
By Kevin Bradford
Three men have been charged in connection with one of the largest ever seizures of cannabis in London.
The 4.6 tonnes of herbal cannabis, with a street value of nearly £20m, was delivered to a building behind a hairdressers in The Broadway, Burnt Oak on Tuesday.
Yasin Muse, 38, of Gaskarth Road, Edgware, Christopher Hopkins, 29, of Newport and 26-year-old Abdirahman Khalib, of Stanmore were arrested and charged following the police operation All three men will appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court today charged with the importation of cannabis.
A 37-year-old Somalian man and a 35-year-old British/Afghan man were bailed to return pending further enquiries.
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