Crystal meth dealer ran worldwide drugs operation by sending parcels from Peterborough Post Office

On November 1 last year a post office in Jersey intercepted a parcel containing 1kg of MDMA and 100g of cocaine which they traced back to being sent from a Post Office in Peterborough which police have asked is not named.

They made contact with Cambridgeshire police which reviewed Post Office CCTV and identified a man.

On November 22 the Post Office contacted police as the same man was in the process of sending further packages.

Officers arrested Dmitrijs Tarkakanovs (27) at the scene.

He had 66 individual parcels containing an assortment of amphetamine, methamphetamine (crystal meth), MDMA, ecstasy, heroin, cannabis and LSD.

His home in Alexandra Road, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, was searched later that day and further cannabis and ecstasy was found.

Tarkakanovs pleaded guilty to four counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and three counts of possession with intent to supply Class B drugs.

He was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday to six years in prison.

DC Andrew Donaldson said: “Tarkakanovs clearly thought he had found a loophole to exploit and the addresses on the parcels were to all around the world, including Australia.

“Thank you to the Post Office staff in Peterborough and the police and customs officers in Jersey. The Jersey customs officer’s diligence in spotting the drugs disguised as protein powder has helped put him behind bars.”

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