Homeless man and three others charged after National Crime Agency interception of boat carrying £100million of cocaine near Newquay

A homeless man and three others have been charged after a fishing boat carrying one tonne of cocaine worth an estimated £100,000,000 was intercepted off the coast of Britain.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested the suspects after seizing the huge haul when a boat was stopped at sea off the coast of Newquay, Cornwall.

Border Force officers intercepted the vessel on Friday afternoon before uncovering the mammoth drugs stash.

Michael Kelly, 45, of Portway, Manchester, Jon Paul Williams, 46, of St Thomas, Swansea, Patrick Godfrey, 30, of Port Tennant, Swansea, and Jake Marchant, 26, of no fixed address, were all charged with importation of a controlled Class A drug.

All four men have been remanded in custody to appear at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Monday.  

A fishing boat named Lily Lola carrying approximately one tonne of cocaine was intercepted off the Cornish coast on Friday

NCA officers arrested four men and seized the drugs

Images supplied by the NCA showed 17 brick-shaped packages in brown wrapping and two in dark wrapping, most with the label pezx

It comes after images supplied by the NCA showed 17 brick-shaped packages in brown wrapping and two in dark wrapping, most with the label pezx.

The force also released a photograph of a blue and white boat named Lily Lola.

Derek Evans, NCA Branch Commander, said: This is a significant amount of cocaine that will represent a huge loss for the organised crime group that attempted to import it into the UK.

With our partners at Border Force and the Joint Maritime Security Centre, we have successfully removed this harmful drug consignment from the criminal marketplace.

Its onward supply would have fuelled exploitation through county lines activity as well as serious violence and knife crime.

Our investigation into this importation continues.