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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Tom Duffy

City businesswoman on drug charges after police swoop at airport

A Liverpool businesswoman has been charged with drug and money laundering offences after she was arrested at Manchester Airport.

Faye Dunn, 38, was arrested at Manchester Airport on Monday (June 13). Dunn was held on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class B drugs.

On Tuesday police charged Ms Dunn with conspiracy to supply Class B drug and money laundering. Dunn, of Kingsway Parade in Huyton, was remanded into custody after a hearing at Liverpool Magistrates on Wednesday.

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Ms Dunn is the former director of a number of Merseyside businesses including a restaurant and a popular children's play centre. According to information on her social media page Ms Dunn enjoys frequent holidays to Spain and France.

The ECHO understands Ms Dunn, a mum-of-two, is well known in the Huyton area.

Merseyside Police confirmed the charges related to the police investigation into EncroChat phones. A spokesperson said: "A woman from Huyton has been charged with drug offences as part of Operation Venetic. On Monday 13 June officers arrested a woman at Manchester Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class B drugs.

"Faye Dunn, 38 years of Kingsway Parade, Kingsway has been charged with conspiracy to supply a Class B drug and money laundering on Tuesday 14 June."

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