{"id":320475,"date":"2025-08-05T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/320475\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:28:12","slug":"man-arrested-after-stepping-off-alicante-flight-at-liverpool-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/320475\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after stepping off Alicante flight at Liverpool Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan King was stopped by police after they made a \u00a311m discovery\"RyanRyan King, 38 and of Tollerton Road in West Derby, has been convicted of attempting to smuggle class A drugs(Image: National Crime Agency)<\/p>\n

A man who tried to smuggle \u00a311m of drugs into the UK was arrested in Liverpool after returning from Alicante. Ryan King, 38, was part of an organised crime group<\/a> that tried to smuggle the drugs into the UK in March 2022.<\/p>\n

Officers from the National Crime Agency<\/a> (NCA)<\/a> began an investigation after the UK Border Force discovered the drugs concealed in an air compressor.<\/p>\n

The NCA said the drugs were seized at Killingholme Port near Grimsby in Lincolnshire after arriving from the Hook of Holland in an unmanned trailer.<\/p>\n

The haul amounted to 72kg of cocaine and 51kg of heroin worth \u00a311m. King’s DNA was found on the drugs packages and inside the concealment.<\/p>\n

\"DrugsDrugs seized as part of a probe shipping heroin and cocaine from Holland to Grimsby(Image: National Crime Agency)<\/p>\n

He was arrested at Liverpool John Lennon Airport<\/a> in December 2022 when he returned from Alicante, and was charged with attempting to smuggle class A drugs.<\/p>\n

King, of Tollerton Road in West Derby<\/a>, was due to go on trial today, Tuesday, at Hull Crown Court<\/a> but changed his plea to guilty.<\/p>\n

NCA operations manager Carl Barrass said: “This was excellent work by our Border Force partners to detect a large amount of class A drugs concealed in a piece of machinery.<\/p>\n

\"DrugsDrugs seized as part of a probe shipping heroin and cocaine from Holland to Grimsby in an air compressor(Image: National Crime Agency)<\/p>\n

“The loss of those drugs and the loss of King damages the crime group behind the smuggling attempt.<\/p>\n

They have lost a huge amount of money which cannot now be ploughed back into further offending, and the drug seizure<\/a> means they will not be pushed around our communities causing misery.”<\/p>\n

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