This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine,Gang sentenced Thursday to a total of 50 years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court

Glen Ford Clark (49) and Bimal Puri (50) were found guilty last month and were sentenced each to 15 years in prison for their parts in the smuggling. Jose Ramon Perdomo (49) and Barry Hearn (28) both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 12 and 8 years respectively.<br />Passing sentence, Judge Hezlett Colgan said: “This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine, and in my view this was a well-planned enterprise in which each of you played a part.”<br />Gregor McGill, Head of Serious Organised Crime at RCPO said “I am delighted with the result of this prosecution. This demonstrates what we can achieve when investigators and prosecutors work closely together in the fight against drugs smuggling and the great harm it does to our society.”

This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine,Gang sentenced Thursday to a total of 50 years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court

Glen Ford Clark (49) and Bimal Puri (50) were found guilty last month and were sentenced each to 15 years in prison for their parts in the s...

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Bimal Puri found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark

Bimal Puri, 50, of Otterbourne Gardens, was found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark, 49, of Ramsey Close, Colindale, at Isleworth Crown Court.Two other men, Barry Hearn of Rannock Close, Edgware, and Jose Perdomo, 49, of Moody Road, Peckham, had already pleaded guilty to one charge of smuggling.<br />The court heard how the four paid Mexican drug contacts to hollow out wooden panels in 20 computer desks and fill them with coke.<br />The furniture was then flown into Heathrow, arriving on June 29 last year.<br />The group was discovered when the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) began investigating them.Officers from SOCA watched as the smugglers held a series of meetings.“This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine, and in my view this was a well-planned enterprise in which each of you played a part.” <br />Judge Hezlett Colgan <br />When the furniture was unloaded x-rays showed it contained cocaine with a street value of more than £1million.Investigators allowed the delivery to go ahead, but followed the furniture as it was driven to an industrial estate in Feltham.<br />Hearn then took the goods to his Edgware lock-up removing 48 packs of coke and storing them in his loft four men were arrested on July 1.Passing sentence Judge Hezlett Colgan said: "This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine, and in my view this was a well-planned enterprise in which each of you played a part."<br />Puri, Perdomo and Clark were jailed for 15 years while Hearn was given an eight-year sentence.A fifth man, Kevin Hanley, from Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, is still being hunted by police.

Bimal Puri found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark

Bimal Puri, 50, of Otterbourne Gardens, was found guilty of one charge of smuggling along with his conspirator Glenn Clark, 49, of Ramsey Cl...

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Barry Hearn,Jose Perdomo,Bimal Puri,Glenn Clark have been jailed for up to 15 years each

Barry Hearn, 32, of Edgware, Jose Perdomo, 49, of Peckham, Bimal Puri, 50, of Middlesex, and Glenn Clark, 49, of Colindale were convicted of the smuggling charge by a jury at London's Isleworth Crown Court. <br />The Four London men who hid a cocaine fortune inside a consignment of flat-pack furniture have been jailed for up to 15 years each.Convinced they had found a foolproof way to grow rich, Mexican drug contacts were paid to hollow out wooden panels in 20 pieces of office furniture and fill them with packages of the narcotic. The furniture was flown to Heathrow Airport in June last year, but the deal was foiled by officers of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Barry Hearn,Jose Perdomo,Bimal Puri,Glenn Clark have been jailed for up to 15 years each

Barry Hearn, 32, of Edgware, Jose Perdomo, 49, of Peckham, Bimal Puri, 50, of Middlesex, and Glenn Clark, 49, of Colindale were convicted of...

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