London's cocaine market is now worth around £1 billion a year
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The gang were arrested in October 2021, after an eight-month investigation.
They will be sentenced at Kingston Crown Court, London.
The seven defendants, all of whom were charged with conspiracy to import cocaine and convicted this summer, are expected to be jailed over the plot.
A pre-pandemic study found that London’s cocaine market is now worth around £1 billion a year after new tests revealed people in the capital are taking an average of 23kg of the Class A drug every day.
More than half a million doses of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £2.75m, are being consumed in London on average each day. It means London’s annual pure cocaine use now equates to more than eight tonnes which has an estimated street value of more than £1bn.
This is a developing story – more updates on the sentencing to follow.
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Short HeadlineGang members arrested for smuggling £1m of cocaine to be sentenced
StandfirstSeven gang members who were arrested for smuggling £1 million of cocaine into the UK on broom handles, are to be sentenced
The gang were arrested in October 2021, after an eight-month investigation.
They will be sentenced at Kingston Crown Court, London.
The seven defendants, all of whom were charged with conspiracy to import cocaine and convicted this summer, are expected to be jailed over the plot.
A pre-pandemic study found that London’s cocaine market is now worth around £1 billion a year after new tests revealed people in the capital are taking an average of 23kg of the Class A drug every day.
More than half a million doses of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £2.75m, are being consumed in London on average each day. It means London’s annual pure cocaine use now equates to more than eight tonnes which has an estimated street value of more than £1bn.
This is a developing story – more updates on the sentencing to follow.
