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| Cocaine smuggler to pay back £1 for £160m plot | Cocaine smuggler to pay back £1 for £160m plot |
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| A serious crime prevention order was put in place to protect the public | A serious crime prevention order was put in place to protect the public |
| A man who tried to smuggle £160m of cocaine into the UK has been ordered to pay back £1 by Plymouth Crown Court. | A man who tried to smuggle £160m of cocaine into the UK has been ordered to pay back £1 by Plymouth Crown Court. |
| Andrew Cole, 33, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was intercepted on a luxury yacht with the cargo of cocaine in September 2021. | Andrew Cole, 33, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was intercepted on a luxury yacht with the cargo of cocaine in September 2021. |
| The judge found Mr Cole to have no meaningful assets and ordered him to pay the nominal £1 within three months or serve one more day in prison. | The judge found Mr Cole to have no meaningful assets and ordered him to pay the nominal £1 within three months or serve one more day in prison. |
| A Serious Crime Prevention order was put in place to protect the public. | A Serious Crime Prevention order was put in place to protect the public. |
| Cole, of Stockton-on-Tees, admitted arranging the carriage of controlled goods and was jailed by Judge Peter Johnson at Exeter Crown Court at an earlier hearing. | Cole, of Stockton-on-Tees, admitted arranging the carriage of controlled goods and was jailed by Judge Peter Johnson at Exeter Crown Court at an earlier hearing. |
| The judge said the drugs would have caused "untold misery" if they had reached the UK. | The judge said the drugs would have caused "untold misery" if they had reached the UK. |
| "The profits are substantial and so are the punishments..." he said. | "The profits are substantial and so are the punishments..." he said. |
| "This was a massive operation, one of the largest this court has ever seen." | "This was a massive operation, one of the largest this court has ever seen." |
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