11:30am Friday 25th September 2009
By Peter Magill
EIGHT men will appear before magistrates today following a major drugs and money laundering inquiry stretching across East Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
Raids were carried out in Inchfield and Ravenoak Lane, Worsthorne; Taylor Street, Rawtenstall; and a property in Burnley; as part of Operation Dunlin.
Officers also executed search warrants at an industrial premises in Hermitage Street, Rishton, as well as buildings in Hebden Bridge, Westhoughton and Leigh.
Richard Wynn, 34, of Ravenoak Lane, and Andrew Donachie, 50, of Taylor Street, Rawtenstall, face drugs and money laundering conspiracy charges.
A 54-year-old Worsthorne man, arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and conspiracy to money launder, and a 33-year-old Worsthorne woman, detained just on money laundering charges, have been released on bail.
Stephen James, 44, of West Hill, Hebden Bridge, faces drugs and money laundering conspiracy offences, as does Paul Shiel, 39, of Barnfield Drive, Westhoughton.
Preston Prison inmates Garry Waring, 41, and Darren Brennand, 43, face similar allegations, as do Manchester Prison detainee Paul Devalda, 33, and Carl Wrend, 27, from Leigh.
All will appear before magistrates in Preston.
Police are still questioning a 34-year-old Lytham man on suspicion of conspiracy to supply a class B drug, and money laundering.
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