Trio jailed for €300m cocaine plot

Three Englishmen who ran out of food at sea on a €300m cocaine smuggling operation were so desperate one of them began to consume the drug to stave off hunger.

All three were actually happy to see the Irish navy boarding their yacht in the end.

The trio — a pensioner, a window cleaner, and an unemployed man — were jailed yesterday. Two were jailed for eight years and a 10-year sentence was imposed on the third.