The Daily Mail
Tucked away alongside a railway siding in a sleepy English hamlet, this unassuming car wash appears about as far as it’s possible to get from the vicious world of global organised crime.
A glance around the rest of well-to-do Spellbrook of Hertfordshire – with its quaint C of E primary school and thatched local pub – does nothing to dispel the sense of tranquil seclusion.
But to the horror of residents who praised its ‘friendly’ staff and ‘excellent’ service, Spellbrook Hand Car Wash was actually a front for a major drug smuggling ring – with police smashing through its doors to find part of a £4.2million cocaine haul.
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