@criminalbritain: 🚨 £40 MILLION COCAINE PLOT DESCENDS INTO CHAOS AFTER GANG LOSE 500KG AT SEA 🚨 An organised crime group’s audacious plan to recover half a tonne of cocaine from the English Channel nearly collapsed when the GPS trackers attached to the drugs suddenly stopped transmitting. The cocaine—packed inside waterproof bales and worth an estimated £40 million on UK streets—had reportedly been dumped from a container ship around 40 nautical miles south of the Isle of Wight. But the recovery boat missed the drop. Frantic WhatsApp messages showed conspirators desperately instructing the crew: 📱 “Big ship has passed you, flash lights.” Then: 📱 “Big ship has passed you, chase it and flash lights.” After searching for hours, the first crew returned to shore empty-handed. When the trackers unexpectedly came back online the following morning, the gang scrambled a second team. They eventually recovered 16 bales of cocaine with a purity of around 85% and headed towards Medmerry Beach in West Sussex. But National Crime Agency officers were already waiting. The operation ended with 11 criminals convicted or pleading guilty, including alleged bosses Daniel Jamieson and Sam Brown, along with Lewis Watts, who investigators said helped organise equipment, landing locations and communications. The NCA described the seizure as a serious financial loss for the crime group and said the drugs were prevented from reaching communities across the UK. From a missed container ship to failed trackers and police waiting on the beach—this £40m smuggling plot unravelled spectacularly. 👇 How did they ever think they would get away with this? #fyp #UKCrime #BreakingNews #TrueCrime #CrimeNews

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Sunday 02 August 2026 15:47:43 GMT