Car Stopped in Brentford Had £50,000 Hidden in Boot
Police seize another £150,000 and eight kilos of cocaine in nearby flat
The sophisticated boot hide used to conceal the cash and drugs. Picture: NCA
January 10, 2025
Police have seized over £200,000 in cash and eight kilos of cocaine after stopping a car on Brentford High Street this Tuesday (7 January).
A vehicle been driven by 27-year-old Gleni Goleci, an Albanian national, was stopped in an operation by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP), a joint National Crime Agency (NCA) and Metropolitan Police Service unit.
They searched the vehicle he was driving and found two kilos of cocaine and approximately £50,000 in cash in a sophisticated hide in the boot
OCP officers also searched a flat nearby in Brentford and found six kilos of cocaine and approximately £150,000 in cash.
Estimates, not provided by the police, for the value of the drugs start at £250,000.
Goleci was arrested and charged with drugs and possession of criminal property offences.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday (9 January), where he was remanded into custody before his next appearance at Isleworth Crown Court on 6 February.
Some of the cocaine seized during the operation in Brentford
Andrew Tickner, NCA Operations Manager from the Organised Crime Partnership, said, "These seizures mean that it will now be impossible for the organised crime group behind this trade to reinvest their profits into further criminality and exploitation.
"The NCA and Metropolitan Police continue to work in partnership to detect and apprehend individuals suspected of involvement in drug trafficking that is impacting London communities."
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