{"id":196838,"date":"2023-12-11T17:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196838"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:24:17","slug":"trio-smuggled-millions-of-pounds-of-cocaine-into-uk-in-sorbet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/trio-smuggled-millions-of-pounds-of-cocaine-into-uk-in-sorbet\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio smuggled millions of pounds of cocaine into UK in sorbet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Got their just deserts! Trio who smuggled millions of pounds of cocaine into the UK inside a raspberry sorbet lorry are jailed for a total of 54 years<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The huge drug bust was the biggest ever seizure by Nottinghamshire Police\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two men and the director of a company have been jailed after smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine and heroin inside a lorry full of raspberry sorbet.<\/p>\n<p>The huge haul of Class A drugs was imported into Britain from Belgium before being discovered by cops at a frozen food warehouse unit in Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n<p>The consignment is one of the biggest drugs seizures ever made by Nottinghamshire Police and was found stowed in 26 pallets of frozen yoghurt ice cream on a lorry trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Police found 39kg of cocaine and 18kg of heroin inside a concealed compartment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/16\/78830039-12850911-image-a-100_1702312900795.jpg\" height=\"900\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Investigators found John Brown, 54, (pictured) had collected a lorry from Ashbourne, Derbys, on August 8, 2017, and set off on a journey to Europe\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/16\/78829997-12850911-image-a-101_1702312905864.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>When police searched the unloaded consignment four days later, they found a huge haul of drugs among raspberry sorbet<\/p>\n<p>The drugs had been collected from a factory in Wellens, Belgium, then driven to Hook of Holland, in the Netherlands, and shipped to the UK on August 10, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The lorry was followed to Bilsthorpe by Border Force officers after it left the Port of Immingham, on the east coast of England in Lincolnshire, the following day.<\/p>\n<p>When police searched the unloaded consignment four days later, they found a huge haul of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Several suspects were arrested, interviewed and eventually charged in connection with the mammoth drugs smuggling operation.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found John Brown, 54, had collected a lorry from Ashbourne, Derbys, on August 8, 2017, and set off on a journey to Europe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/16\/78830045-12850911-image-a-102_1702312909835.jpg\" height=\"932\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The vehicle booking for Brown to travel from Holland was made by William Morritt, 69, (pictured)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/16\/78829995-12850911-image-a-103_1702312914950.jpg\" height=\"847\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>John Madden, 51, (pictured) was also identified as being involved in the operation<\/p>\n<p>Two days later he arrived at a factory in Wellens, Belgium, where pallets of frozen ice cream were collected for their return journey to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle booking for Brown to travel from Holland was made by William Morritt, 69, the director of a company which specialises in temperature-controlled transport.<\/p>\n<p>John Madden, 51, was also identified as being involved in the operation. Analysis of phone records showed contact between the group members.<\/p>\n<p>The three men have now been sentenced to a combined total of 54 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of a Class A drug and conspiring to conceal criminal property and was jailed for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Morritt, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, was found guilty following a jury trial of conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of a Class A drug.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to 18 years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>John Madden, of Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside, pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently evade a prohibition on the importation of a Class A drug and was caged for 21 years.<\/p>\n<p>His parents, Bernard Madden, 72, and Marian Madden, 70, also of Kirkby, pleaded guilty to money laundering for their son.<\/p>\n<p>The pensioners were not involved in the importation and they were handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Mark Adas, of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU), said: &#8216;This complex investigation has resulted in the seizure of a very substantial haul of Class A drugs before they had the chance to reaching the streets and cause significant harm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Drugs fuel violent crime and other exploitative criminal activities and we will continue to work with our partners to protect our communities, combat such criminality and target those involved.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12850911\/Got-just-deserts-Trio-smuggled-millions-pounds-cocaine-UK-inside-raspberry-sorbet-lorry-jailed-total-54-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got their just deserts! 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