Four charged after man's cocaine death in Dubai
Jensen Westhead died after arriving in Dubai on a flight from Manchester
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Four people have been charged over drugs offences after a man died after swallowing packages of cocaine before getting on a plane.
Jensen Westhead, 20, died in Dubai on 4 December 2024, the day after flying out from Manchester Airport.
Mr Westhead is reported to have swallowed "a number of packages of cocaine" at a hotel in Manchester on 2 December.
Rebecca Hatch, 43, of Hatfield Close, Thornton Cleveleys, Glenn Hatch, 50, of Hatfield Close, Thornton Cleveleys, Alexander Tofton, 32, of Tewkesbury Drive, Lytham St Annes, and Steven Stephenson, 36, of St Lawrence Road, Denton, have been charged with conspiracy to fraudulently evade the prohibition on exportation of a class A drug from 21 November 2024 to 4 December 2024.
Mr Stephenson has also been charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
They are set to appear before Lancaster Magistrates' Court on 31 October.
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