Huge cocaine cartel smashed after raids in London and Colombia

SCOTLAND Yard yesterday smashed an alleged cocaine cartel which detectives claim was the biggest drug-smuggling gang ever to operate in Britain.

The Colombian network, thought to have been making at least €150 million-a-year by flooding Britain with drugs, was dismantled in a series of raids in both countries, police said.

Twelve people 10 men and two women were arrested in London and more than 15 were held in Colombia.