Four men charged after cocaine worth £100m found on fishing boat

The vessel Lily Lola (L); Cocaine successful 17 brick-shaped packages successful brownish wrapping and 2 successful acheronian wrapping. (Image: National Crime Agency)

Four men person been charged aft a sportfishing vessel carrying astir a ton of what was believed to beryllium cocaine worthy £100million was stopped disconnected Cornwall.

The vessel was intercepted astatine oversea adjacent Newquay by National Crime Agency officers connected Friday afternoon.

Images supplied by the NCA amusement 17 brick-shaped packages successful brownish wrapping and 2 successful acheronian wrapping, astir labelled “PEZX”.

The unit besides released a photograph of a blue-and-white vessel named Lily Lola.

NCA subdivision commandant Derek Evans said: “This is simply a important magnitude of cocaine that volition correspond a immense nonaccomplishment for the organised transgression radical that attempted to import it into the UK.

“With our partners astatine Border Force and the Joint Maritime Security Centre we’ve removed this harmful cause consignment from the transgression marketplace.

“Its onward proviso would person fuelled exploitation done region lines enactment arsenic good arsenic superior unit and weapon crime. Our probe into this importation continues.”

Michael Kelly, 45, of Port-way, Manchester, Jon Paul Williams, 46, of St Thomas, Swansea, Jake Marchant, 26, of nary fixed address, and Patrick Godfrey, 30, from Port Tennant, Swansea, were each charged with importing a controlled people A drug. They were remanded successful custody to look earlier Bodmin magistrates today.