A 20-year-old man from Lancashire died in Dubai late last year after swallowing packets of cocaine that leaked inside his body — a tragic end to what police believe was an attempted drug smuggling operation gone wrong.
Four people in the UK have since been charged in connection with his death, and court hearings are scheduled to take place at the end of this month. The accused — Rebecca Hatch, Glenn Hatch, Alexander Tofton, and Steven Stephenson — face charges of conspiring to smuggle Class A drugs, with Stephenson also charged separately with supplying cocaine.
