Three men have been arrested after smuggling £280,000 worth of heroin into the United Kingdom – hidden inside a pressure cooker.

The group were caught when customs officials intercepted a suspicious package being imported into the country on July 24, 2023.

Officers found the parcel contained 1.5kg of heroin, worth around £280,000, stuffed inside the walls of a pressure cooker.

After removing the drugs, officers allowed the parcel to be delivered to a business address on Formans Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham.

It was picked up by Abid Iqbal, who was then arrested along with associates Fasheeh Ahmed and Muhammad Awais.

Police searched a flat linked to the gang on Stratford Road, where they found nearly half a kilo of heroin along with cutting agents. A total of £15,000 in cash and several

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