Following a 3 week trial at Manchester Crown Court the defendants Majid Rasoolzadeh, Jan Pasulka, Dusan Staruch and Jan Stinic were all found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and another conspiracy to import a controlled drug. The case had global coverage as it involved the group smuggling high purity crystal meth from Iran to Turkey before flying it back to the UK on commercial flights before it was finally sent to Japan. Henry Blackshaw led the case for the prosecution with the assistance of Lee Hughes who acted as his junior.
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