Overview
- Taunton Crown Court jailed Anestis Tsepa for 16 years, Raymond Nuttall for 11 years and three months, and Craig Nuttall for 11 years and two months.
- Co-defendant Melios Delvina, who admitted importing cocaine, is due to be sentenced on 11 December.
- Officers recovered 14 bale-sized packages containing 322 one‑kilogram blocks of cocaine at about 89% purity, valued at roughly £26.5 million.
- Audio from Tsepa’s device captured planning for an at‑sea drop‑off from a larger mother ship to the smaller RHIB Guzzla, which the group had presented as a fishing and sales trip.
- The National Crime Agency led the operation with support from Border Force, the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit, Avon and Somerset Police, and Devon and Cornwall Police, with reporting restrictions in place on two related suspects.