Two men found guilty of conspiring to import cannabis with a street value of £1.6m from Spain have been jailed for 12 years each, a court heard.
David Lindley, 45, and Robert Michael Matthews, 65, had denied conspiracy to import cannabis but a jury at Dorchester Crown Court convicted them.
The court heard the pair tried to import more than 3,000 bars of the drug with a total weight of 800kg.
The drugs were intercepted bound for Lindley’s Dorchester business address.
The haul was intercepted in transit in October 2005 by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs officers and Dorset Police detectives, who then commenced an investigation, which led to the two men being charged.
Det Chief Insp Neil Redstone, of Dorset Police, who led the investigation, said: “From a relatively early point in the investigation it was clear that Lindley was involved in the importation of a large quantity of cannabis.
“Further evidence we gathered led to the two being charged and the verdict of the court today reflects the strength of the evidence in the case.”
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