Five men have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation after ÂŁ1.4 million of ketamine was smuggled via a fishing boat from Amsterdam to Suffolk.
NCA officers were watching as Sean Seymour, 60, from Saxmundham, stood at the coast looking out to sea for sight of a vessel on 16 February 2024.
In the early hours of the following day, 17 February 2024, a fishing vessel called ‘Girl Carole’ was seen entering the River Deben in Suffolk with Seymour driving to meet it.
On his way, he stopped to pick up Domenic Labella, 21, from Ipswich, before continuing on to an isolated jetty in Ramsholt.
The fishing vessel Girl Carole arrived into the jetty and at 4.18am and Seymour and Labella were seen boarding the boat and returning to his vehicle, carrying large boxes.
The two men drove to an industrial estate in Rendelsham where they unloaded boxes into a storage unit.
A later search of the unit discovered 200 kilos of ketamine and 10 kilos of cannabis resin.
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