Detectives say about 4.5 tonnes of heroin and cocaine were smuggled into Britain over 14 months

Six men were jailed for their part in an ‘audacious’ drug smuggling ring.

Clockwise, from top left: James Gibson, Richard Clarke, Raymond Desilva, Darren Owen, Petrit Kastrati and Jonathan Floyd NCA

The head of an « audacious » drug smuggling gang which helped bring £1.6bn ($2.1bn, €1.9bn) worth of cocaine and heroin into the UK – using fake ambulances and bogus patients – has been jailed for 20 years.

James Gibson, 56, was one of six men to be jailed for distributing huge amounts of class A drugs across the country with the help of couriers. They were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday (4 July) to a total of 94 years.

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