Four men charged after 'tonne of cocaine' found on fishing boat heading to Cornwall
The boat was intercepted at sea near Newquay by National Crime Agency officers on Friday afternoon.
Four men have been charged after a fishing boat carrying about a tonne of what was believed to be cocaine worth £100million was stopped off Cornwall.
The boat was intercepted at sea near Newquay by National Crime Agency officers on Friday afternoon.
Images supplied by the NCA show 17 brick-shaped packages in brown wrapping and two in dark wrapping, most labelled “PEZX”.
The force also released a photograph of a blue-and-white boat named Lily Lola.
NCA branch commander Derek Evans said: “This is a significant amount of cocaine that will represent a huge loss for the organised crime group that attempted to import it into the UK.
“With our partners at Border Force and the Joint Maritime Security Centre we’ve removed this harmful drug consignment from the criminal marketplace.
“Its onward supply would have fuelled exploitation through county lines activity as well as serious violence and knife crime. Our investigation into this importation continues.”
Michael Kelly, 45, of Port-way, Manchester, Jon Paul Williams, 46, of St Thomas, Swansea, Jake Marchant, 26, of no fixed address, and Patrick Godfrey, 30, from Port Tennant, Swansea, were all charged with importing a controlled class A drug. They were remanded in custody to appear before Bodmin magistrates today.
