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January 17, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Firm ‘built drug dealer’s boats’

A boat builder designed high-speed vessels for international drug smugglers, a court has heard. Ian Rush, 42, is accused of continuing to build boats virtually invisible to radar after his partners were arrested. The boats were made for criminals to transport drugs between North Africa and Spain, Ip

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A boat builder designed high-speed vessels for international drug smugglers, a court has heard. Ian Rush, 42, is accused of continuing to build boats virtually invisible to radar after his partners were arrested.

The boats were made for criminals to transport drugs between North Africa and Spain, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

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