Two Bradford men have been charged and seven addresses raided across the city as part of a major ongoing police investigation into a conspiracy to launder more than £200 million.
Four Bradford men, aged 27, 40, 42 and 55, were arrested earlier this week, while two businesses and five residential properties in the city have now been searched in early morning raids as part of Operation Enigma.
Osmaan Rashid, 29, of Ellercroft Avenue, Lidget Green, and Jawad Ahmed, 42, of Middlebrook Way, Fairweather Green, Bradford, along with three other men and two women from across the North of England, have subsequently been charged with conspiracy to launder the proceeds of crime.
They have been released on conditional bail to appear before Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Monday, June 6.
The other arrested Bradford men have been released on bail pending further enquiries.
The swoops follow a ten-month investigation by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Twenty-three raids rook place across Yorkshire, the North West and Nottinghamshire on Wednesday and resulted in 15 arrests.
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