A drugs gang is jailed after plotting to import cocaine and ketamine into the UK concealed in frozen fish deliveries. The drugs, worth more than £20m, are carried into Britain hidden among shipments.
Reporting from different outlets describes the operation as a joint police investigation that identifies the planned smuggling route using frozen fish deliveries to conceal the drugs. The cases involve multiple convictions and long custodial sentences. Sky News says the gang receives a combined total of more than 71 years, while other coverage reports totals of more than 70 years. The outlets also describe the seizure and intended import of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and ketamine.
While the articles vary slightly in how they phrase the total sentence length, they broadly agree on the same core facts: the gang’s scheme uses frozen fish shipments as a concealment method, the drugs involved include cocaine and ketamine, and the defendants are sentenced to lengthy terms in connection with the plot to bring the drugs into the UK.
