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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

£7 billion UK drug operation foiled when smuggler left his van to go drinking in Amsterdam

A £7 billion drug empire led by a gangster known as “The Big Fella” came crumbling down when one of the smugglers left his van full of amphetamines to go on an all-night drinking session inAmsterdam.

The 18-strong drug gang believed to be the largest drug operation ever detected in the UK were convicted on Monday with one judge describing the smuggling as “on an industrial and unprecedented scale”.

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