Northern Ireland sprinter Reid charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine
Leon Reid has been charged with has been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine as well as several other offences.
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Leon Reid, a bronze medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, has been charged with drugs, possession of firearms and money-laundering offences, alongside five other men.
Reid, 26, has been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, permitting premises to be used in the production of crack cocaine, concealing criminal property, and acquiring criminal property. Items including six encrypted phones, a Glock 19 handgun, a carbine conversion kit, a silencer, an extended magazine, ammunition, eight kilos of cocaine, four kilos of crystal MDMA, 3,000 ecstasy tablets, a hydraulic press, and £434,000 cash have been seized during the investigation, the South West regional organised crime unit said in a statement.