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Last Updated: Thursday, 17 July, 2003, 10:08 GMT 11:08 UK
Two charged over £1m drugs haul
Ecstasy tablets
Police found 90,000 ecstasy tablets among other drugs
Police have charged two men in connection with one of the largest ever drugs finds in Warwickshire.

Officers discovered 90,000 ecstasy tablets and other drugs during a raid at an address in Wolston, near Rugby, on Wednesday.

It estimated the haul has a street value of about £1.25m.

Two men, both aged 29, have been charged with intent to supply cocaine, while one of them is also accused of intending to supply ecstasy.

One of the men has additionally been charged with intent to supply amphetamines and cannabis.

The arrests were made as part of Operation Middlemarket.

Both men were due to appear before Solihull Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

A 28-year-old man and a woman, 27, who were arrested at the same time, have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.




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