Drug smugglers jailed after jet ski sea crossing ended in rescue operation

Steven Brogan and Anthony Reilly attempted to jet ski across the North Sea with £200,000 of cocaine in a back pack. Photo: Suffolk Police/PA

Two men have been jailed after their attempt to cross the North Sea on a jet ski with £200,000 of cocaine in a backpack ended in a rescue operation when they ran out of fuel.

Steven Brogan, 36, and 34-year-old Anthony Reilly, both of Skelmersdale in Lancashire, took the jet ski from the Lowestoft area of Suffolk to a pick-up point in the Netherlands to collect the drugs, Ipswich Crown Court heard.