Woman sent drugs cash to Jamaica

A WOMAN has been found guilty of providing a "service" for drug dealers when she stashed heroin and crack cocaine at her home and helped wire thousands of pounds of the profits abroad.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Aug 2007, 14:48 BST
Updated 13th Aug 2007, 13:24 BST

Jurors found Natalie Czerwinski guilty of 12 counts of money laundering when she filled out her name and address on forms used to wire the drugs money to Jamaica. She was also found guilty of two charges of possession of drugs after police searched her home in Hyde Park Terrace, Hyde Park, and found 15 wraps of heroin and eight wraps of crack cocaine in a set of drawers in a bedroom.

But Czerwinski, aged 21, was acquitted on three further charges of money laundering.

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During a four day trial, Sheffield Crown Court heard that she filled out the forms wired money from Spital Hill News in Spital Hill, Pitsmoor, run by Raja Parvez Iqbal. Her name was found on 15 forms used between February and November 2003 to send a total of 28,000 to Jamaica.

Czerwinski’s involvement came to light after a huge South Yorkshire Police investigation into Iqbal’s activities. He has since been convicted of money laundering on a massive scale and is awaiting sentence. She said she did not realise what her details had been used for, and denied knowing where the drugs found at her flat had come from.

She was remanded in custody prior to sentencing.