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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bishop

Listen to drug smuggler’s voicemail before trying to flee police with cocaine-laden boat

Listen to a voicemail that a drug smuggler left right before trying to flee from police in a boat filled with cocaine.

In audio shared by the Home Office on Wednesday (9 July), a man can be heard saying: “It’s literally zero f****** risk. All we need is a fisherman with a boat.”

The individual was one of three men who then proceeded to try and evade border control officers, speeding away in their class A-laden boat for 28 miles before authorities caught up to them.

Footage shows the Border Force officers jumping out of their boats and chasing the three men across a beach.

An additional four men who helped organise the collection of the drug, which was worth £18.4million, have also been convicted.

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