Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
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Crime & Law
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Four men have appeared in court accused of taking part in a £30million Breaking Bad-style drugs plot after secret 'meth labs' were found at two farms.
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labs → appear → farms
Officers say they busted the operation when they found a hidden factory near the hamlet of Furnace End in Warwickshire in August and also discovered five Mexicans living in a caravan nearby.
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Mexicans → say → caravan
The Mexicans and four Britons were charged with plotting to produce the highly-addictive class A drug methamphetamine.
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Mexicans → charge → methamphetamine
Kenneth Burton, Paul Harkness Mawby and Louis Anthony Devine, all 34, appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court today.
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all → appear → Court
Paul Doney, for the Crown Prosecution Service, told the court: 'It is a continuation of an investigation that resulted in the arrest and charge of five Mexican nationals arrested at Blossom Tree Farm and charged with the production of methamphetamine.
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that → tell → methamphetamine
A photo previously released by police at the farm in Warwickshire shows a dingy basement containing at least three gas canisters, large plastic tubs and several containers connected to metal tubing.
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photo → release → tubing
Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, is a Class A drug and comes in pill or powder form.
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Methamphetamine → know → form
It is highly addictive and can lead to severe psychosis, a heart attack or a stroke.
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It → lead → psychosis
Louis Devine appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court.
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Devine → appear → Court
Devine, of Ingleby Barwick, North Yorkshire, spoke only to confirm his personal details
A police photograph of a basement containing at least three gas canisters, large plastic tubs and several containers connected to metal tubing
Burton, of Wynyard, Co Durham; Mawby, of Thornaby, North Yorkshire; and Devine, of Ingleby Barwick, North Yorkshire, spoke only to confirm their personal details in the brief hearing.
They sat behind a glass-fronted screen as three female supporters watched on from a public gallery.
The men were detained on Thursday following police and National Crime Agency (NCA) raids in Birmingham and the North East.
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men → speak → Birmingham
They were refused bail and remanded to next appear at Teesside Crown Court on November 24 for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
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They → refuse → hearing
Bench chairwoman Elizabeth Carroll told them they face a 'significant and immediate custodial sentence if convicted'.
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they → tell → sentence
The five Mexican suspects – four of whom are from the Sinaloa region of north-west Mexico – face a month-long trial in February after denying involvement.
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four → face → involvement
Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, 45, from Michoacan in southern Mexico; Victora Ramirez, 47, Fausto Beltran, 33, Lioncio Moso Borja, 37, and Jose Nunez Angolo, 44, claim they were legitimately working at the farm as chefs and builders.
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they → claim → chefs
They pleaded not guilty to conspiring to produce methamphetamine between February and August of this year.
All five Mexicans were remanded in custody.
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Mexicans → plead → custody
Another British man, Mohammed Khan, appeared separately before magistrates in Wolverhampton.
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man → appear → Wolverhampton
Khan, 36, is also accused of being involved in the methamphetamine plot but was not required to enter a plea during his 25-minute hearing.
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Khan → accuse → hearing
Khan, who was supported in court by two family members, was told he would next appear at Warwick Crown Court on November 23.
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he → support → November
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