The mysterious case of the drug-smuggling fishermen - BBC News

[@johndef5075]

Only CIA and MI5 allowed to deal drugs.

[@EmceeIntricacy]

John DeF haha you got it

[@Abdulhamid-zi1xh]

Just like cia

[@Lovejoy..77]

So true 😆

[@Lovejoy..77]

The government CIA etc are the biggest gangsters in the country!

[@bulletproofkam7931]

It’s Mi6 that’s more like the CIA, mi5 is like the fbi.

[@smellyfinger684]

Pity the police weren't this diligent with Jimmy Saville, eh BBC?

[@sbnqy]

They rarely investigate there own

[@leeleelee0054]

Or Prince Andrew

[@wendymcanena2421]

Thats because they are freemason, and Jimmy Savile was a freemason.

[@DavidSmith-yt7im]

Or any of the paedos that work for the bbc

[@angelicupstart1977]

Next time you need help call a hippy.

[@philip013]

So did they catch any fish?

[@alienchaser636]

It was huge.... but it gottaway

[@nancyvazquez5048]

ALIEN CHASER that was a good one

[@MrCol916]

Exactly....

[@pamelaanderson6524]

fish scale

[@dillanma]

why didn't the cops wait until the drugs were picked up and catch smugglers red handed?Surely that's the whole point of surveillance

[@Opalmizer]

The cops only had a coracle for the chase.

[@HciContractor]

Gale Sylvester I had to look that word up! Coracle.

[@Opalmizer]

@@HciContractor I hope there was a picture when you found the word and that you laughed heartily?

[@frankday1234]

Because the austerity plan has started to have a negative effect on their Learned Worshipfulness's' budget. As pursuing the more successful miscreants, who can afford the services of competent council, is a long. expensive process, their Learned Worshipfulness's consider it uneconomical. It's all about priorities, and while Dollar remains Akbar, everything else is academic.

[@Charlie1776_]

I assume they were worried someone else would find it.

[@MrFeatheredSerpent]

Really fishy story.

[@peaceLove1988]

DeanAdam The Illustrator Nice arse

[@michaelumphlettee7054]

Hahaha I love it

[@KumaBean]

Dear Lord, I'll fetch your coat.

[@karenevangelista3267]

If only they HAD DOCKed with the drugs instead of leaving it all out at sea .

[@KumaBean]

Karen Evangelista Ffs Karen 🤣

[@Martial-Mat]

No idea if these men are guilty or innocent. Their behaviour DOES seem suspicious, but circumstantial evidence should NEVER be the sole basis for a conviction, let alone of this magnitude. But one indisputable fact DOES stand out, and that's the despicable practice of police doctoring statements retrospectively to strengthen their case. Police need to be reminded, in the strongest possible legal terms, that their duty is not to get convictions, but to ensure the safe, smooth running of society. Rewriting reality to "punish" those who have not yet been convicted of a crime is utterly unacceptable.

[@mikemckelvey7144]

Best comment by far. Insufficient evidence.

[@johnuk6924]

This is why I don't like the Police or the CPS. They are only interested in getting a conviction and they twist statements and evidence to get you convicted whether you are innocent or not. If they were in possesion of the drugs then they are guilty but they were never found with any drugs so it should of been a not guilty case. The CPS prosecuter obviously persuaded the jury enough for them to find them guilty, poor blokes.

[@grahamwillox]

Has anyone ever experienced a change in a police statement that favours the accused? I’d put money on this never having happened.

[@radcow]

The police change statements most people would shocked what go's on

[@jogrinz9355]

If they were guilty they would of just gone out and dropped it off and come back in straight away.

[@damann187]

its sad after watching a few dozen of these doc you get less time for murder than theft or drugs

[@pauldooley756]

Da mann I agree yet the authorities look at the money earnt illegally you, get me. Also theese guys are fishermen right, don't think they would use that sinuous rope.

[@900108Chale]

LOL!

[@allennixon850]

Its because of money ...

[@robinbreeds9217]

the ecstasy rising documentary is interesting it shows how it was fine when the drug was free until people made millions from the drugs and then it was war kzbin.info/www/bejne/en_Td6SAmK-WptU

[@ImranHussain-rk9rl]

I’m sorry but think how many lives are ruined due to drugs the families being destroyed due to misery of of the drug dealing whilst the scum bag drug dealers are living a lavish lifestyle through the misery of others , it should be death by hanging and they shouldn’t even be given their funeral rites

[@Cypher791]

So they don’t actually know where the cocaine came from, the cargo ship was only a theory, and the fishermen were never in possession of the coke anyway...

[@w3w3w3]

Lots of stupid low IQ people do Jury service and convict people all the time when there is not enough evidence beyond "reasonable doubt". Sad really.

[@Ed-kx7jl]

Yeh except this is in the Uk and we don’t acc have jury duty that’s American we have professional jurors who do it as a a job

[@w3w3w3]

@@Ed-kx7jl What? We do have jury service in the Uk lol...

[@veesmokez9847]

@@Ed-kx7jl erm actually we have jury duty just like we have magistrates duty...

[@garysinglewood6369]

Google it there was a illegal immagrant on that fishing boat for the first time with a satellite phone he was there to make sure that the drop had been made and to pick up the coke

[@straightreject2947]

Way to long a sentence. For supplying people with a product that they want. Failed war on drugs will only open up the market for others to fill.

[@Martial-Mat]

I agree. A consensual activity, whose PERSECUTION has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

[@ladymusiclover]

I swear some murderers have got shorter sentences.

[@George-lh8ol]

dave setchell sounds like bullshit

[@George-lh8ol]

dave setchell I know that diamophine is available but only in very limited circumstances and there are only a few hundred people actually prescribed it. As per cocaine I've never heard of that. I'll research those clinics though.

[@rewind12354]

Mark Loveridge exactly, supply and demand these men are business men really.

[@peaceLove1988]

Fish and chips and a line of charlie

[@AaronfromEngland1989]

DARREN DAY 😂

[@justinbrew483]

DARREN DAY lol

[@thepvporg]

What a cretinous remark. Lest see you stitched up with evidence made to fit a crime you never committed and yes, I do speak from experience of having Thames Police trying to fit me up. When to police want you for something that they really fancy you for, they will make the evidence fit.

[@topcat2942]

Haha

[@pablohorney]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 smack and crack!

[@daztaylor84live]

If I ever found packages floating in water I'd be diving straight in!! Without a second thought

[@j.b.m4640]

You'd have to beat me ....well .. Let's just split it dogg

[@yukimasaheppe]

Doesn’t have to be drugs but just the mystery👍

[@jasonmurphy6126]

Cocaine soup for everyone!!

[@hedgehog1995]

me to, but if i found it was drugs i would burn the lot, and think how many children's life's would benefit.

[@DubzCo]

Ilikemylandy and how many ravers nights you’ve messed up

[@RigidRecords69]

These guys stumbled on an intelligence agency's op

[@markhigham6054]

Agreed , they use ex SAS service men who work across the globe with all and every government agencies in each country and all rake in billions , that’s why it’s all illegal. The drugs were once available in many grocery stores until they realised just how much can be made if they made drugs Illegal and so they did just that .

[@derekriddle5101]

Yup, and lives ruined because of it. Id be nice if these agencies would just be honest about it and let everyone go about their day.

[@ludaheracles7201]

@@GoogleStealsData 100%

[@idiocracyisnowadocumentary8834]

You may be right , who knows , they also could be guilty, you're communications are logged , if you come under suspicion for anything, they will be listening in and watching, trouble is they can't use any of this information they gathered clandestinely, so they have to construct a case using legal means , which usually means very ambiguous evidence being used,

[@karlfulton4854]

Roped into one... They took the nearest boat... could have been anyone.. Only Paedophiles are worse than this scum who desecrate what it means to enforce LAW and just as bad are the complicite Judiciary... what goes around comes around... Its why their lives always collapse around them. Lorx Jesus give these fishermen and their Loved ones Justice.

[@boogiewookie77]

People serve less time for killing, ridiculous sentence. When are politicians going to acknowledge the war on drugs was lost a long time ago. A new approach is desperately needed.

[@chrismartin4607]

A brilliant sentence. A good deterrent for any drug dealing scumbags who are happy to profit off other peoples harm and possibly death. Fuck off tosser

[@smellyfinger684]

The U.S. And UK government are the biggest drug peddlers in the world. That's why one of the first things secured in Afghanistan were the poppy fields, opiate use has exploded since the invasion

[@willmc42]

it's not a War on Drugs. It is merely about controlling the supply. there are a lot of government agencies that are fueled by import of narcotics..no drugs, no jobs. Therefore they have to keep the supply lines open so they have a reason to exist

[@khalilrazak6486]

@@chrismartin4607 What deterrent, there are more drugs then ever before and much more stronger so it seems that the BULLSHIT war on drugs has failed Long ago.

[@K20rotrex]

His dad basically grassed him. His work dried up so he did a one off fishing trip for some cash 🤔🤔

[@jonog520]

Jamesep3 my thoughts too

[@MrCrpayne79]

Yeah but you're gonna go from construction to world class drug smuggler overnight?

[@Shadowboxe]

Lol, yup, I caught that too.

[@finnparrott8172]

Your a gorp saying when the brick laying drys up he jumps on the fishing till the bricky work comes back you stink of a silver spoon

[@Kamofy]

JD_k20 exactly what I was thinking! Btw I've never heard the term "grassed" him. Is that a UK slang?

[@Its_Me_see]

only the elite get a customs pass to import drugs. anyone tryna jump on their hussle gets spanked out the game init

[@DavidSmith-yt7im]

Init bruv

[@thehomelessbarber5584]

Inni

[@z.x.c.l.s.b.n3531]

@@DavidSmith-yt7im you no what I mean init .

[@PsyHoS0ciaL]

how did they get convicted if there was virtually no evidence?

[@yourmaid8385]

Ryan Anderson what are you talking about, there's no evidence needed when your convicted in America. You can sit in jail for years before trials over. And if your innocent they will "be doing you a favor".

[@Tophiachuuu]

your maid exactly. Especially if you're genuinely innocent and want to fight it and not plead guilty or take a deal. Cases can last year's and you have to stay in jail. Pretty fucked system, most end up just pleading guilty or taking a deal cause that's the only way to get over with

[@shonuff7538]

GooglePlusIsShit Conspiracy needs little to no evidence. the charge in federal prison is referred to as ghost dope. pure allegations and bullshit can sustain a conspiracy charge.

[@rodneyfosdick4380]

GooglePlusIsShit in the us they say we are innocent until proven guilty but really your guilty until you prove your innocence!

[@jordanbelfort6391]

Because people are bibbins. And believe everything the authorities tell them

[@jonog520]

3.59 she scratches her nose. It was her.

[@maddestmandem7448]

She’s clearly in denial that her husband just wanted the 💰

[@TheCatz007]

I agree 👍💯

[@Elmwood-ze3cr]

Why didnt they have the drugs picked up asap by someone in a smaller vessel that could of landed the drugs rather than let them stay in the water for any longer than need be ??? Why did it take a member of the public to report the bags floating when the police claim they actually seen them being thrown over board ??? It looks like a stitch up by the police to me ??

[@irenedavo3768]

Elmwood 1965 strange

[@floatybyboaty]

I don't believe the bags were floating as it was another local fishermen who found them. Perhaps he was the collector of the bags, but realised the Police were all over it. Who knows?

[@jonog520]

My opinion, is is very likely they did do it, to be convicted on this evidence alone is a bit much tho. To the member of the public who called the police. What a dope. I'd have grabbed it for myself 😂

[@michealgill7582]

flash flash with the yaoo

[@jimmyj9609]

One of the parcel would have lasted ages!!!

[@joeennis2571]

why would they need to be tipped off , they said they saw them dropping them off if the cops were on the cliff in the first place

[@irenedavo3768]

Wow!

[@artyfacts_one7215]

Government looking for scapegoats for their own crimes!

[@artyfacts_one7215]

@1223 1223 When fake news media and the censorship is gone.. Leftist are praised for promoting violence against independent media, while conservatives are censored and shutdown for speaking the truth!

[@simoncorbett3003]

what a police balls up. I'd like to hear from the member of public who spotted the bouy. What a botch job and unfair imprisonment.

[@irenedavo3768]

Simon Corbett hello

[@irenedavo3768]

Who was it?

[@floatybyboaty]

@@irenedavo3768 A local fishermen found them after getting tangled in his Lobster Pots.

[@ps3shakes123]

Guilty or not those sentences are too long.

[@azysheff]

William Doubleu nah probably just normal thinking human

[@davidneal576]

@William Doubleu ur mum's a crack dealer

[@paulritchie5868]

Way to long..Wonder what time HRH Prince Andrew will get......

[@AndrewAustin888]

I would like to see footage of the drugs being destroyed, what happened to the drugs ? MI 5-6 bonus day..

[@breakit46]

24 years, serial killers get parole at 25 years, that is too severe.

[@MrStacey1983]

breakit46 you could say they were serial killers too

[@spudhead1161]

just Saoirse how?

[@spudhead1161]

breakit46 no

[@spudhead1161]

breakit46 no they dont

[@spudhead1161]

Marten Dekker drugs can get you life imprisonment, but no one has ever been sentenced to life in the UK.

[@johnnyguitar108]

No cocaine soup, no case. Loll

[@thecommodoresmissingfuelca1603]

Daniel is the real MVP. He was offered his freedom to rat on his bro and instead chose to serve 18 years in prison, top bloke when he gets out I’ll have a beer waiting for him!

[@kernow24]

Because they already landed and sold their share of the coke....

[@littletraveller5428]

I don’t think he could take up the offer he had nothing to give. For immunity, most people would have given it up.

[@paulreed480]

Way it should be take the risk make the money, do the crime, do the time

[@yamahajog04]

@@kernow24you sound like one of the deluded police officers

[@RichardSmith-eo5xw]

They convicted them because they wanted to No other reason

[@TBrl8]

Why the f didn’t the police wait for someone to pick the bags up?

[@mcfcguvnors]

Probably the most unasked question but most relevant

[@tommygunzz101price7]

the british goverment going to be high for years.

[@cjr4666]

They HAVE been high for years

[@jaysonprice459]

@@cjr4666 lol

[@illumination101]

Sounds like theres a rat, somewhere

[@Alex-kk8is]

'it was just a one off fishing trip just to get some money' ONYA DAD

[@tonyjones7372]

"he had no reason to do it, he had a job" ........right then, he must be innocent!

[@nocoiner3236]

Looool his dad said “a one off fishing trip to get some money” 🤣🤣

[@ben_jamin160]

ive done it before. made 7 grand. NOT WORTH IT. i was shitting my self. i spent the money on bog roll.

[@irenedavo3768]

Wow!

[@NorCalSaint]

How are you going to do a report like this & not tell us if they had any fish on board when they returned?? Seems like a key piece of data...

[@dylanjwicklund92]

Are you dumb it takes a crew to run a ship like that

[@omars5203]

Come to papa

[@irenedavo3768]

Hello

[@donaldmacdonald2385]

Exactly!!

[@hurleycapetown8420]

Ye I also thought that when he left in his white van,was there any fish or lobster inside or had it been sold

[@CHRIS198490]

fuck me 24 years but for killing someone you only get 3 years

[@marknaughton3760]

Why did the fishing boat go all the way out into deep water, they never fished in this location , they only fished closer to the shore.

[@timgoogle1658]

This is outrageous that you can be convicted on a possibility or assumption based that your boat was in the area when the drugs were in the water. Here is another assumption..The freighter saw the fishing boat coming on them and the crew got nervous thinking it was the police,they tossed the cocaine overboard. The fishing boat continued on its way while the drugs drifted in the water until found...possible ? yes

[@NB-91]

Guilty! To go on a fishing trip then to get back to dock and just leave straight away, surely the fish would need processing and taking of the boat?

[@Alec-ph8kh]

Exactly

[@floatybyboaty]

Lobsters and Crab fisherman. Pots come up, you empty them, re-bait them and off you go. No gutting etc to be done.

[@GR-sg2lv]

So when they arrived back into harbour, how long did it take to offload their catch ?

[@brubeck1]

if you leave drugs dropped off to be collected later , prob gonna go wrong. if they had just taken it straight home ?

Thats the thing about a witch hunt. You always find a witch no matter where you look.

[@edrooney9580]

Everyone knows who brings in the big shipments

[@angelicupstart1977]

The voices in your head 🤔

[@cmcauley26]

.......Big Ships 🤔

[@headmondronary2127]

Everyone but me... Who?

[@harrickvharrick3957]

So they were convicted without any evidence!

[@karlfulton4854]

24 years.. YET SAVILLES MATES ARE STILL WALKING AROUND.

[@MrCrpayne79]

I dont understand why the fishing boat would be tossing g drugs off their boat instead of picking them up

[@msquared6695]

defo guilty it all just fits too nicely

[@chris425amp7]

Isle of White😂

[@jamalmula1633]

Isle of Black

[@greatwhite7968]

Classic

[@KumaBean]

Eel of Wigget

[@leojosh200333]

It's spelt wight

[@fredgarvinMP]

Isle of Lucy.

[@beauyork7225]

My step dad was a fisherman. He told me that his crew found 11 duct taped blocks of coke and h once. And it wasn't all that uncommon to find single blocks of various drugs. I'm not doubting they are innocent.

[@debbie1060]

🤣

[@floatybyboaty]

Spot on. Living on the South Coast, numerous times Drugs have been washed up after being jettisoned from passing ships using the English Channel. Fact not Fiction

[@bennyboy2079]

​@@debbie1060???

[@thomasarther3437]

How could the night watch on the cliff see anything if it was night? And moreover how come a member of public reported the bags if the night watch had already seen it?

[@Pilotalphapapa]

thomas arther exactly it makes zero sense

[@reglard]

Wouldn't they have just switched their AIS transponder off and report main power failure if they were up to anything dodgy? No trace of drugs was found on the vessel.

[@TrueCrimeReport]

How did the police know to arrested them before they found any drugs

[@polynikes9]

They're guilty as.

[@fabiosunspot1112]

Didn't realize there was no evidence on the men's boat 🤔

[@floatybyboaty]

With the bag’s leaking, you thought it would have been an easy thing to do.

[@gmoney5947]

Not sure how you can throw men in jail when there was no evidence other than eyewitness accounts.

[@rainmayhem7043]

this case would have never held up in a US court. and our system in the United States is crooked but not even thus bs would fly

[@t3rryfi3d60]

This is a case of someone having to be punished, and people on the island (Isle of Wight) have a little bit grudge against Jamie Green so a person has give information saying they could see Jamie's boat 2mile of the back chucking bags over the side of the boat... I actually no myself that Jamie's crab pots were no where near this area and to be able to say you can see the difference between black pots and black bags being pushed over the side of the boat is no real possible. Also I no myself that Jamie is the last person who is going to be near anyone or anything drug related, I have worked with Jamie and lived with him and from my time I can say he was the last person who would be involved with this, Jamie had only bought a new boat for his fishing business, so how would he manage to pay for 50mill for this.... I generally don't think its possible to see the pots from that far away and I am saying this because I have been on both the cliff top on the island and also fished at the back of the island. FREE THEM ALL!!!! R. I. P MRS GREEN Also Jamie's family does not deserve any of these problems. They are all the best of people 🙏

[@aitchgee9637]

Who really knows if they are innocent. I would imagine they played some factor in it. The woman investigating makes alot of nothing statements. One being about the dampness of cocaine which is normal for high quality product. It will be damp and paste like. People like her having an input like this doesnt help the case or the men involved at all. That being said circumstantial evidence isnt ever something to convict on especially over the sentences they received. But whether they were in control of the operation or just men hired to drop the packages is the main question.

[@meichong8278]

Have a look at American " innocence " projects like shes trying to do here , they challenge a case /evidence not the innocence of someone .Guilty people have been released

[@meichong8278]

Check out joe rogan / Josh sheldon just the latest person released by an " innocence " project who shortly after went on to unalive someone else again , interesting story

[@colmturtle]

a lot of comments referring to the length of sentence but it was a half a tonne of pure coke that hadn't even been cut down yet i could understand folks complaining if it was only few grams or ounces .

[@goutvols103]

At first I thought that the guys had a chance but then I heard that they have an US attorney. Game over. May your time pass quickly.

[@radcow]

thr lawyer / barrister is real court room brawler

[@hansgruber7611]

Guilty as f.ck, does not matter what the court says at the end... We who live(d) on the Isle of Wight we knew what was happening in and around Salty's in Yarmouth.

[@normanjones3535]

fooling no one there guilty

[@seeker7679]

Even if these men are guilty twentyfour years is a ridiculous sentence. You can kill someone and be out in a few years. Crazy priorities.

[@sammarchant454]

Sue Beere defo had a few bags in her time 😂😂

[@ChristianHirlemann]

The sound cutting in and out it too annoying. I'm going to have to bail. Shame I'm interested and want to hear what happened.

[@vladputin3664]

I have heard that natives of the Isle of Wight have six toes on each foot.

[@aminatakaba88]

Wish Britain would be this zealous in prosecuting child sexual abuse

[@spacecase7566]

“How do his kids wrap their heads around his sentence”.... they’ll get it by the time they’re 30.

[@Wild-Storm]

Sounds very fishy to get out of the boat and straight in the van forgetting to unload their fishing haul of the night if there was any.

[@midnightrider4066]

funny how the rope looks about 100m lol,isn't that the distance the boats stayed apart

[@dwindows1976]

16:34 completely ignores the question is that because you know the answer. what do i expect from a woman who defends murderers and rapists

[@sizex1966]

SU1 16 is moving westbound, throwing 6-7 items overboard at intervals! (18.42 hrs) the next day "totalling 10-12... The size of a holdall. They were tied together in a line... The last item was a red floating buoy." the police r allowed 2 change their official log? well! hello hello hello what have we here then! What the police oath... BBC b carefull

[@risingroads]

Why did they need it to be reported by a member of the public if the police were watching them dump the bags?

[@StormCentre88]

From my understanding of this (assuming none of the fisherman were found in possession) they were convicted entirely on circumstantial evidence; itself containing several defects. Even if they were in that area for a purpose related to the drugs, it's hard to see how there was enough evidence to convict them all..

[@bigjak7358]

You dont need to be caught with any drugs on a Conspiracy. This is what many people don't understand.

[@900108Chale]

In a small town South of Cancun Mexico, locals when needing money go out for a "stroll" on the beach. Sometimes they find sealed bags full of powder on the beach or floating in the water. They pick them up and deliver to the local cartel. They get their needed cash and the cartel recovers what goes missing during the delivers...

[@TimeWarp-pj4kz]

Freddy Chale Many years ago it wasn't uncommon to find bails of marijuana floating in the ocean here in mid coast Maine. Usually some teenager became a dealer for the summer we always called it "sea weed" lol. Once my brother and myself were walking on an island in our county and found several kilos of pot sticking out of the mud at low tide. That wasn't bad. But never found any coke. We were always hoping to though

[@KumaBean]

I live in the British Channel Islands, and used to fish frequently. For bait, I used to walk right out at high tide behind a medieval castle looking for bait, and every time I was clambering over those rocks I'd always be keeping a sharp eye out for a 'blue barrel'. I've heard stories of them being dumped in the sea full of hash. Some years back, bars of hash were found on the north coast, the theory was a younger dude on a jetski was trying a run from France and it went tits-up. It must have felt like a good day when you guys found that, living the dream man, living the dream 👌

[@truethought2581]

Yea, a fishing vessel miles away from port cant just putter over the 100 meters and grab those packages. Nahhh..... gimme a break. Fishermen buddies thought they saw a chance to get them and their families in a much better place quick..... temptation has ruined many people. Guilty. Ashame, but guilty.

[@Renwoxing13]

The name of the poiice operation is a little suspect "operation : disorient" what does that suggest to you?

[@shortonnaturalmedication3798]

Renwoxing13 Hacked By Scarce police are doing whatever the fuck they like.

[@krisification1]

shorton naturalmedication n

[@rsmith155]

It suggests that the operation was named "disorient"

[@davidbrine8804]

Disorient cocaine trafficking? Nothing fishy about name. Conviction for sure fishy but operation itself was most likely kosher

[@milespitts7982]

if coke were legal there would be no need to smuggle it....i have always heard if you can't do the time don't do the crime

[@JamesTaylor-bn8qn]

"Just a one of fishing trip to get some money" says the father of the convicted.

[@Leon-xv1nh]

Might have done it but the police changing the written record after they found the evidence means case has to be thrown out

[@albertwright5525]

07:43 he was a builder , doing a odd bit of fishing lol, yeah righto lol, man if I was on the jury and heard that bullshit .

[@albertwright5525]

These builders were not fishing is what i am saying, they are taking the piss, its the sorry i got caught people , and the best excuse they were chucking out old bait lol .

[@g13flat]

It's not uncommon in smaller and island communities for people to have more than one job or skill so the idea of a builder who because of the downturn in his trade will look to make up their income by doing something else.

[@dmar9658]

I couldn't of said it better!!!! "Just a Stupid Mistake"!!!

[@johnbrooks3832]

Once again a police fit up.It seems that these guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time.No matter what the police and customs were going to get a conviction

[@DPK12]

Any updates?

[@ajdahun]

vessels cross vessels tracks all the time for no particular reason

[@3516mos]

The answer is DON'T SMUGGLE DRUGS!!!

[@zigi4334]

Poor poor drug smugglers got caught.I wonder how many lives have been saved by our police force on this particular case.Drugs not only ruins users lives,it affects the users family and friends lives as well.Not to mention the crimes users do to sustain their addiction.Those scum bag fishermen thought of themselves and only themselves.Don't drop your soap boys.

[@albertwright5525]

Man I am still laughing as the one off fishing trip builder is hilarious , the footage of them walking along the pier shows they are gangsters and not ordinary people . Even though the sentences they got was stupid and unfair as killers get much less time .

[@jawallin8734]

true

[@greatwhite7968]

So now u can be convicted cos of the way you walk ok whatever

[@liamhartley1976]

Guy does a funny walk Judge ....24 years Guy touches kids Judge ....18months suspended for 2 years

[@davidendsor219]

Well i'm shocked, i didn't know that a particular type of walk made you a criminal, you should write a book about it and liase with the police, then we could lock up more criminals!

[@floatybyboaty]

@@greatwhite7968 I would be well and trully fooked then

[@MarkWalmsley]

I would be interested to know who the Eastern European was and what he was about. Also, did they have any fish?

[@jamesmueller1921]

11:00 minutes in. I predict police have it wrong, just a feeling... Back in the day, when Portland, Oregon, HAD shipyard work. I had worked on huge ships. Anything thrown from a ship that large, would be sucked into the props, and chewed to hell and back. Sorry cops.You got it wrong. Maybe talk to somebody that can tell the differaece between a cargo ship, and a fishing dingy...

[@wordmutha1634]

Maybe. The Police do bullshit at times too, well most of the time. Im 50/50 with this case.The messed up with GPS so the cliff too they could of.

[@marcuss7486]

When I started my fishing career I was called by Jamie green after I put an advert on a website looking for work as a deckhand. I agreed to go on the next neap tide after a week or two. By grace of god a local beamer skipper called me with a berth I called Jamie back thinking I was letting him down big time mainly due to having a new girlfriend and I didn't want to travel to the isle of wight. I believe this event happened on the next slack tides. People were talking about a few weeks later on the quay and it was in the papers. I kind of think the case is watertight however of you were in the middle of a huuuuge drug smuggling conspiracy why would you recruit a random 20 year old with almost no experience at sea from a message board of a fishing website the trip before. That doesn't make sense. But i cant help but feel I came really close to going to jail which would have been a shame as I ended up marrying that girl and having a kid with her. shivers man. I swear on my mothers life this isnt bullshit I have contacted the lawyers and had no reply i thought it might help the case.

[@kareno8634]

WHO'S Buoy? Wasn't it marked? I've always thought one put their ID on them. Yes, silly in this case - but LIKENESS & AGE?

[@rrr5587]

Imagine finding that and reporting it that's the real crime.

[@JetskiDex]

What frightens me is that the police can convict you with such weak evidence. One boat Sails past another boat then a member of the public finds bales of Coke on the shoreline. Surely you need something more concrete than that. And surely if they were actually doing an investigation they would have something more certain.

[@punksince1972]

So much denial in the family interviews lol.

[@iconicautoclassicvehiclesp6099]

Anyone know if these guys got to appeal and if so what was the outcome?

[@floatybyboaty]

They lost their appeal even though the Judges admitted most of the evidence was circumstantial and the so called expert witnesses were ripped to bits.

[@proudmarine1767]

ALL THOSE YEARS BY A JUDGE WHO MOST LIGHTLY DOES COKE OR DID COKE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY ? WAAAAAAAY TO LONG EVEN IF THEY DID DO IT !!!

[@corneliusdoherty532]

I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THOSE FISHERMEN BEING GUILTY, I HAVE NOW DELETED IT CAUSE HONESTLY I REALLY THINK THAT THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN FITTED UP & ARE REALLY INNOCENT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿