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Four Brits arrested at sea trying to smuggle £100 million worth of cocaine into UK jailed for combined 90 years

Published on May 09, 2025 at 08:57 PM

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

The quartet set out on fishing boat the Lily Lola to pick up in the Channel off the

An AirTag on each bag dropped at sea indicated its location.

A vessel intercepted the gang off north and found on board 1,078 1kg blocks of cocaine from

As officers approached, a covert audio device hidden on the boat recorded one of them saying, “We’re f****d”;.

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

They got 21 and 18 years respectively.

Jon Williams, 45, and Patrick Godfrey, 31, both of , were convicted of the charge at Truro crown .

They got 26 and 25 years.

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

The gang also left 19 drug bags at sea.

Mugshots of four men convicted of drug smuggling.
Four Brits have been nicked at sea trying to smuggle £100m of cocaine into the UK

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