Crime

Colombian drug gang who smuggled cocaine worth £25million into Britain inside plastic bananas jailed for total of 59 years

The drugs had a wholesale value of up to £8m and a street value of £24.5m.

'The bananas were wrapped in a particular cling film and had been smeared with some kind of oil or grease or chemical to prevent detection by sniffer dogs,' said Mr Millett.

'The form of the cocaine imported, namely in plastic bananas, made it plain the sophisticated and ingenious method of just how it was brought into the country and therefore the levels of planning involved.'