Overview

• Didier Tordecilla Reyes, 40, was sentenced to 13.5 years at Hull Crown Court after admitting conspiracy to import cocaine.
• NCA officers seized 524kg of cocaine valued at about £42 million from a hire van outside a hotel in East Yorkshire in May 2024.
• Reyes acted as a go-between with Colombian cartels and helped bring the load ashore using a RHIB from the Hessle slipway to Easington beach.
• Co-defendants Mark Moran and Daniel Livingstone were jailed in December 2024 for 15 years and seven years nine months respectively, while hired skipper Anthony McAllister was acquitted.
• The NCA, supported by Humberside Police and Border Force, observed the beach unloading, tracked vehicles and communications, and says the sentencing completes the principal prosecutions in the case.