Dead man believed to be Robert Wilkin from Northern Ireland, who was charged by NCA in 2021 after major cocaine and heroin seizure
In reply to queries, the NCA told The Irish Times a man named Robert Wilkin was arrested by its officers in August 2021, after his lorry was stopped at Coquelles with cocaine and heroin valued at €6.65 million inside the truck. “He was charged, bailed, and was due to stand trial in October,” it said.
Mr Wilkin, with an address at Feenan Highway, Tilbury in Essex, at the time was subsequently charged with attempting to import class A drugs and was on bail pending trial when a man of the same name – and believed to be the same person – vanished in Co Donegal the weekend before last. As the searching was continuing, a 4X4 vehicle was seized by gardaí for forensic examination and a property in Killybegs was also sealed off and examined. That phase of the inquiry last week also resulted in the arrest of the man in his 30s and woman in her 20s, though both were later released without charge.
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