How North East drug smuggler was caught trying to get £160m of cocaine into the UK

Jailed British drugs smuggler used luxury yacht for international £160m cocaine plot

Andrew Cole was the link between an international organised crime syndicate and a UK group - and his role was to ensure the safe receipt, passage, and transfer of the cocaine to the crew of a luxury yacht.

How North East drug smuggler was caught trying to get £160m of cocaine into the UK

A CROOK was caught red-handed while attempting to smuggle two tonnes of cocaine worth £160m into the UK.

£160m drug smuggler jailed for 18 years

Andrew Cole, aged 33, admitted smuggling two tonnes of cocaine in luxury yacht which was later seized and towed into Plymouth

Jailed drug smuggler used luxury yacht for £160m cocaine plot

Read here: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/jailed-drugs-smuggler-used-luxury-yacht-for-160m-cocaine-plot

Teesside cocaine smuggler jailed following £160m haul

Stockton man Andrew Cole was involved in the planning of the huge cocaine smuggling operation