A Sandys man and woman have been charged in connection with a 2011 plot to import more than $10 million in illicit drugs and live ammunition.

Nicky Tucker and Joan D’Estelle-Roe, both 27, were charged this morning with conspiring to import the drugs and ammunition along with Victor Roberts.

Roberts was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2012 after admitting he attempted to import the drugs from New Jersey by hiding them inside a heavy compressor with a false bottom, which was then shipped to Bermuda.

Mr Tucker and Ms D’Estelle-Roe are accused of playing a role in an “extensive” conspiracy to import $4.5 million worth of heroin, $2.4 million worth of cocaine, half a million dollars worth of cannabis, and more than $10,000 worth of cannabis resin, as well as 200 rounds of 9mm live ammunition, and a further 200 rounds of 40mm ammunition.

The two were not required to enter a plea in Magistrates’ Court as the charges are indictable.

Mr Tucker was also charged with holding more than $10,000 in cash which represented the proceeds of criminal activity, as well as having in his possession more than $77,000 in stolen jewellery and three gold bars.

Despite arguments from defence counsels Richard Horseman and Simone Smith-Bean, Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner set bail at $2 million with one surety for each defendant.

Mr Warner also ordered the two to report to the Hamilton Police Station every week, surrender their passports, and wear electronic monitoring devices.