Two Men Jailed Over £4m Dover Heroin Plot After NCA Probe
NCA evidence — fingerprints, DNA, phone locations and messages — linked the pair to the intercepted shipment.
Overview
- Canterbury Crown Court sentenced Rajesh Bakshi, 57, to 10 years in prison and Jon‑Paul Clark, 44, to nine years this week.
- The consignment, valued at about £4 million, was seized at the Port of Dover in June 2022.
- Bakshi pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle heroin, while Clark was convicted by a jury after denying involvement.
- Forensic analysis identified Bakshi’s fingerprints and Clark’s DNA on the packaging of the seized drugs.
- Phone data showed both men traveling in the Netherlands and Belgium before the seizure, with investigators also finding a photo of them together and texts from Clark asking Bakshi for cash.