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Gang which tried to import cannabis into UK on yacht as part of EncroChat plot jailed

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Four members of an organised crime group which tried to import cannabis into the UK on a yacht have been jailed.

The men used encrypted communications on the EncroChat platform to speak to each other. The National Crime Agency (NCA) found they planned to import the drug from Morocco using a yacht between February and June 2020.

The NCA found the group discussing the quantity of drugs to be transported and landing areas for the drugs and there were pictures of the rigid-hulled inflatable boat they intended to use.

Rupert Kelly, 29, from Broadwindsor, Dorset, was the ringleader of the group, who intended to offload the drugs in Cornwall, for distribution

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