Two men have appeared before magistrates after police found a bag containing heroin with a potential street value of £50,000 in a car on the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire.
Craig Allen, aged 31, and Andrew Clay, aged 38, both from Coventry, appeared before Northampton Magistrates’ Court this morning after they were charged with possession of a class A drug with intent to supply.
The court heard the men had been stopped by police on Tuesday on the M1 as the drove up the northbound carriageway.
Officers searched the car and found a sports holdall in the back.
When they searched the bag then found some glue around the inside and upon for investigation found heroin seemingly hidden underneath.
Prosecuting, Sally-Ann Flemmings said initial tests suggested the heroin could be high-purity “China white”, which she said is “unusual to find in Northamptonshire”.
The drugs weighed roughly one kilo, meaning the stash had a potential street value of around £50,000.
Allen, of Rosemary Close, and Clay, of Philmont Court, both deny the charges.
The two men say they were sightseeing in London on the day of their arrests and were driving home having taken in the London Eye and Buckingham Palace.
District Judge John Temperley rejected a bail application from both men and remanded them into custody.
The case is due to return to the magistrates’ court in June where it is expected to be committed to Northampton Crown Court for trial.
A police spokesman today said: “Officers stopped a car on the M1 northbound on Tuesday and carried out a search of the car. “A quantity of drugs and the car were seized. “Two men, a 38-year-old man and a 31-year-old man, both from Coventry, were arrested and have been charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs.”