Trio sentenced over £80m cocaine smuggling plot unravelled by lorry driver's tea break
• Three men have been sentenced over an £80m cocaine smuggling plot that was rumbled when a gang took advantage of a lorry driver's tea break. • The plot was uncovered in a joint investigation involving Northamptonshire Police and the Metropolitan Police. • Officers found the drugs had been moved from a lorry while its driver was away from the vehicle.
- Source: Evening Standard
- Category: UK News
- Published: 5 Nov 2026