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4 Brits arrested at sea attempting to smuggle £100 million value of cocaine into UK jailed for mixed 90 years

News4 Brits arrested at sea attempting to smuggle £100 million value of cocaine into UK jailed for mixed 90 years

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FOUR Brits nicked at sea attempting to smuggle £100million of cocaine into the UK have been jailed for a complete of 90 years.

The quartet set out on fishing boat the Lily Lola to select up medication within the Channel off the Isles of Scilly.

An Apple AirTag on every bag dropped at sea indicated its location.

A Border Pressure vessel intercepted the gang off north Cornwall and located on board 1,078 1kg blocks of cocaine from South America.

As officers approached, a covert audio system hidden on the gang’s boat recorded one among them saying, “We’re f****d”.

Michael Kelly, 45, of Manchester, and Jake Marchant, 27, of no mounted abode, admitted conspiring to smuggle cocaine.

They bought 21 and 18 years respectively.

Jon Williams, 45, and Patrick Godfrey, 31, each of Swansea, had been convicted of the cost at Truro crown court docket.

They bought 26 and 25 years.

The court docket heard Godfrey was asleep on deck in a chair when the fishing boat was raided in September.

The gang additionally left 19 drug luggage at sea.

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