Three men have been charged after police recovered around 500kg of ketamine in Upton, Pontefract, in what is believed to be the UK’s second-largest single seizure of the drug.
Three men have been charged with drugs offences following the seizure of an estimated £10 million worth of ketamine in a West Yorkshire village.
Officers recovered approximately 500kg of the Class B drug from an address on Rose Avenue in Upton, Pontefract, during an operation led by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit.
Police said the haul, believed to be the UK’s second-largest single seizure of ketamine, was discovered inside 20 black bin bags.
Three men were arrested during the operation on Wednesday evening.
Curtis Binns, 32, of Sunny Avenue, Upton, has been charged with possession of a Class B drug with intent to supply and money laundering.
Paul Turner, 40, of Common Lane, Upton, has been charged with possession of a Class B drug with intent to supply.
Christopher Wills, 42, from Wolverhampton, has been charged with supplying a Class B drug.
All three were remanded to appear before Leeds Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 25 September.
The charges are allegations and the defendants are entitled to a fair trial.

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