ALLEGED drugs conspirators said to be involved in a suspected cocaine-dealing plot have appeared at court.
Seven defendants appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday for the preliminary hearings although still more people are said to have been involved in the Malvern drugs conspiracy and are being processed by the courts.
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The defendants listed at the Thursday hearings were: Genti Aliaj, 31, of Hagley Road West, Oldbury; Jack Beddoes, 27, of Liverpool Road, Worcester; Robert Fleetwood, 33, of Arundel Drive, Worcester; Katy Holland, 37, of Geraldine Close, Malvern; Nerringa Rupeikaite, 28, of Hope Street, West Bromwich; Ricardo White, 31, of Arlescote Road, Solihull; and Mark Tyrell, 25, of Moat Crescent, Malvern.
The seven suspects appeared in a series of staggered hearings in court one throughout the morning.
All are charged with conspiring to supply a drug of class A (cocaine) in Malvern between January 1, 2020 and August 27, 2021.
Fleetwood also faced a further charge of cultivating five cannabis plants at his address in Arundel Drive, Worcester on April 6 this year.
None of the defendants entered pleas at the short administrative hearings.
As the alleged offences are indictable only, the matters will have to be dealt with at crown court.
No details of the case were disclosed in open court.
The case was prosecuted by Sumreen Afsar who told the bench that the matters were indictable-only and confirmed the bail conditions for each defendant in turn.
The next hearing for all defendants will be a plea and trial preparation hearing at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday, June 1.
All were granted bail on condition they do no have contact with one another and live and sleep at the addresses they have given to the court.
They were each told to be at the court by 9.30am ready for a 10am hearing.
The defendants were all given standard warnings by magistrates that if they did not attend, the case may proceed in their absence if it was in the interests of justice to do so.
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