Five go to jail for 120 years over cocaine bust on yacht

Five men have been jailed for a total of 120 years after trying to import cocaine with a street value of more than £112 million into the UK hidden in a yacht.

The 1.4 tonnes of the Class A drug was concealed in the SY Nomad, which was intercepted by the authorities off the Cornish coast in August last year.

UK nationals Nigel Clark, 64, and Dean Waters, 59, Estonian Richard Must, 49, Dutchman Raymond Dijkstra, 27, and Latvian Voldermars Gailis, 21, were all jailed at Bristol Crown Court for their roles in the conspiracy. Clark and Waters were both jailed for 28 years, Mustfor 30 years, Dijkstra was given an 18-year prison sentence and Gailis 16 years.

Judge Martin Picton said the conspiracy was “an exercise in international drug smuggling of the highest order”.