Three men who planned to use a removal firm as the front for their drug smuggling were caught out by a covert police operation.
National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators rumbled the trio after listening in to their conversations in a cafe, where they overhead the men talk about how they were "gonna hit the jackpot".
Mark Youell, Alfred Rumbold and removal driver Brian Wright conspired to import around 55 kilos of Class A drugs, worth an estimated £4.5 million, during the middle of last year. READ MORE: "Bell him now before he rats" - 'terrified' addict lied to police and said BMW was stolen after it was used in shooting The three men set up meetings with a Merseyside-based organised crime group who wanted to use Wright’s legitimate
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