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Members of a gang, including three serving soldiers, who tried to smuggle firearms and cocaine into the UK have been jailed. Four British soldiers and another man who tried to smuggle guns and drugs into the UK have been jailed.
The men were caught after drugs, guns and ammunition were found in a car being driven from Calais to the UK by two of the men in January 2012. The gang was caught after two of them were found with firearms, cocaine and ammunition in a car arriving at Folkestone from Calais in January 2012.
They were convicted of firearms and drugs charges on Monday. They were convicted of firearms and drugs charges on Monday after a six-week trial.
At Woolwich Crown Court they were given prison sentences ranging from six-and-a-half years to 14 years.At Woolwich Crown Court they were given prison sentences ranging from six-and-a-half years to 14 years.
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The court heard the gang was caught after armed police stopped two BMW cars arriving at Folkestone on Eurotunnel last year.
Officers discovered five handguns and three silencers, while 500g of cocaine was found in an Army issue boot covered in duct tape and curry powder to disguise the smell.
Detectives believe the guns were destined for criminal gangs in London.
Ringleader Lemar Loveless, 26, of Brydon Walk, Islington, north London, was jailed for 14 years after admitting conspiring to import firearms.Ringleader Lemar Loveless, 26, of Brydon Walk, Islington, north London, was jailed for 14 years after admitting conspiring to import firearms.
He was found guilty of conspiring to import class A drugs. Lance Laurent, 26, of Gloucester Street, Battersea, south-west London, was sentenced to 12 years in jail after admitting conspiring to import firearms.
Both Loveless and Laurent were also found guilty of conspiring to import class A drugs.
Trave Dyce, 22, of Sydney Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years after he admitted conspiring to import drugs and firearms.
Romone Mashalleck, 25, of Huron Street, Wimbledon, south-west London, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of conspiring to import firearms.
Duran Wright, a regimental police officer in the Army, was jailed for 10 years.
The 28-year-old, of Jerningham Road, New Cross, south-east London, was found guilty of conspiring to import class A drugs and firearms.