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Drug smugglers jailed after 28-mile speedboat chase off Cornish coast

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Two drug smugglers have been jailed for their part in a 28-mile speedboat chase with Border Force off the Cornish coast. Peter Williams, 43, from Havant, and Bobbie Pearce, 29, from Brentwood, were sentenced to 16 years and nine months and 15 years and four months respectively at Truro Crown Court.

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In Jail for Carrying Drugs in Underwear

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Daily Express

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Drug smuggling crime gang jailed after dramatic 28-mile sea chase in Cornwall

A sun-drenched Cornish beach turned into the scene of a dramatic chase as astonished sunbathers watched a cocaine-laden boat's desperate escape attempt.

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The Times

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Fisherman who met King jailed for £18m drug smuggling plot

Peter Williams, whose charity work granted him audiences with Prince Charles, led Border Force officers on a 28-mile chase before his arrest on a Cornish beach

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Drug smugglers jailed after 28-mile speedboat chase off Cornish coast

Cocaine worth £18.4m was eventually seized by Border Force officers who pursued the gang's speedboat for around an hour.

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Man jailed for 16 years and 9 months for role in plot to smuggle cocaine into the UK

A man from Havant has been jailed for 16 years and nine months for his role in a plot to smuggle cocaine into the UK which ended in a 28 mile boat chase.

2 months ago·Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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