Ipswich man in court over £2m Stowmarket drug seizure

Police found an estimated street value of more than £2 million worth of cocaine in a van on the A14 <i>(Image: Newsquest)</i>
Police found an estimated street value of more than £2 million worth of cocaine in a van on the A14 (Image: Newsquest)
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An estimated street value of more than £2 million worth of cocaine was found in a van travelling on the A14.

Arminas Sotikovas, 35, of Riverside Road in Ipswich, is due to appear in Suffolk Magistrates Court on Thursday on suspicion of possessing of class A drugs with intent to supply.

Police stopped a van on the A14 near Stowmarket at 5.30pm on Tuesday, August 4.

A search of the vehicle was carried out under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Police then seized cocaine with an estimated street value as more than £2 million.

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