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19 records found
UKDC-001 · Conviction 6 Oct 2008
Ambrozine Heron
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Canterbury Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2008
Importation of cocaine (16kg)
Sentence / outcome: 13 years' imprisonment
Heron was convicted after cocaine was found in a vehicle returning through Dover from continental Europe.
Source: The Guardian (court report)
UKDC-002 · Conviction 6 Oct 2008
Paulette Chambers
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Canterbury Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2008
Importation of cocaine (16kg)
Sentence / outcome: 13 years' imprisonment; guilty plea
Chambers pleaded guilty to the same importation case involving cocaine concealed in a vehicle at Dover.
Source: The Guardian (court report)
UKDC-003 · Conviction 15 Oct 2010
Bernard Flanagan
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Scotland
Conviction year 2010
Industrial-scale cocaine supply
Sentence / outcome: 8 years' imprisonment
Flanagan was sentenced after police seized more than 17kg of cocaine during an investigation into supply in Edinburgh.
Source: BBC News / Lothian and Borders Police
UKDC-004 · Conviction 23 Jul 2010
Darren Williamson
Convicted
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Jurisdiction High Court of Justiciary, Scotland
Conviction year 2010
Cocaine trafficking and supply
Sentence / outcome: 6 years 3 months' imprisonment
Williamson admitted involvement in a cocaine trafficking operation; the court also sentenced a co-accused in the same case.
Source: BBC News / Scottish court report
UKDC-005 · Conviction 2012
Curtis Warren
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Liverpool Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2012
Conspiracy to import and distribute crack cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 25 years' imprisonment
Warren, described in court reporting as a major organised-crime figure, was convicted of directing a large crack-cocaine network.
Source: The Independent (court report)
UKDC-006 · Conviction 6 Aug 2018
Pieterse
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Bristol Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2018
Importation of cocaine (yacht shipment)
Sentence / outcome: Guilty plea; sentence recorded by the NCA case
Pieterse pleaded guilty after a yacht carrying cocaine was intercepted south-west of Cornwall. The case record distinguishes the plea from later sentencing.
UKDC-007 · Conviction 10 Sep 2021
Karol Niewiadomski
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Canterbury Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2021
Importation of cocaine and amphetamine
Sentence / outcome: 14 years 6 months' imprisonment
Niewiadomski was convicted after 50kg of cocaine and amphetamine were found in the sleeping area of a lorry arriving at Dover.
UKDC-008 · Conviction 8 Sep 2023
Tayyab Iqbal
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Birmingham Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2023
Conspiracy to supply cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 16 years' imprisonment; guilty plea
Iqbal pleaded guilty after an NCA sting operation intercepted a planned exchange involving 25kg of cocaine.
UKDC-009 · Conviction 8 Sep 2023
Andrew Worby
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Birmingham Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2023
Conspiracy to supply cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 6 years' imprisonment; guilty plea
Worby pleaded guilty in the same NCA investigation into a planned 25kg cocaine exchange.
UKDC-010 · Conviction 8 Sep 2023
Onasis Depass
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Birmingham Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2023
Conspiracy to supply cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 6 years' imprisonment; guilty plea
Depass pleaded guilty in the same conspiracy and was sentenced after the NCA operation prevented the cocaine exchange.
UKDC-011 · Conviction 30 Jul 2024
Sajid Ali
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Warwick Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2024
Conspiracy to import a Class A drug
Sentence / outcome: Convicted; sentencing followed the conviction
Ali was convicted of directing a plot to import cocaine concealed in a shipment of bananas. The CPS record identifies four co-defendants and their sentences.
Source: Crown Prosecution Service
UKDC-012 · Conviction 2024
Robert Ball
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Warwick Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2024
Conspiracy to import cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 18 years' imprisonment
Ball was sentenced after conviction in the banana-shipment cocaine importation conspiracy prosecuted by the CPS.
Source: Crown Prosecution Service
UKDC-013 · Conviction 2024
Mirgent Shahu
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Warwick Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2024
Conspiracy to import cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 18 years' imprisonment
Shahu was sentenced after conviction in the same organised importation conspiracy.
Source: Crown Prosecution Service
UKDC-014 · Conviction 2024
Arman Kaviani
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Warwick Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2024
Conspiracy to import cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 12 years 9 months' imprisonment
Kaviani was sentenced for his role in the organised cocaine importation conspiracy described by the CPS.
Source: Crown Prosecution Service
UKDC-015 · Conviction 2024
Florjan Ibra
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Warwick Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2024
Conspiracy to import cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 13 years 6 months' imprisonment
Ibra was sentenced following conviction in the same banana-shipment cocaine conspiracy.
Source: Crown Prosecution Service
UKDC-016 · Conviction 27 Jun 2025
Unnamed defendant
Convicted
No verified reusable portrait located
Jurisdiction UK / Dutch joint investigation
Conviction year 2025
Importation of cocaine concealed in artificial grass
Sentence / outcome: 17 years' imprisonment
The NCA reported a conviction and 17-year sentence after cocaine worth about £120m was concealed in rolls of artificial grass.
UKDC-017 · Conviction 2025
Stephen Phillips
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Liverpool Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2025
Possession with intent to supply cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 9 years' imprisonment; guilty plea
Phillips pleaded guilty after police stopped his van on the M6 and found cocaine valued by investigators at about £4m.
UKDC-018 · Conviction 12 Mar 2026
Amanda Meadowcroft
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Manchester Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2026
Importation of 14kg of cocaine
Sentence / outcome: 7 years' imprisonment; guilty plea
Meadowcroft pleaded guilty after Border Force officers found cocaine following her return from the Dominican Republic.
UKDC-019 · Conviction 12 Mar 2026
Bradley Couzins
Convicted
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Jurisdiction Manchester Crown Court, England
Conviction year 2026
Importation of cocaine and assault
Sentence / outcome: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment; guilty plea
Couzins pleaded guilty in the same cocaine-importation case and to assaulting an NCA officer during arrest.