(West Midlands Police via SWNS) By Talker

By Faye Mayern via SWNS

A drug smuggling gang has been jailed for a total of more than 80 years after being found to have transported cocaine across the country - in pallets of raw chicken.

The ten-strong gang used a fleet of vans with hidden compartments to ferry millions of pounds worth of drugs around the UK, police said.

Illegal cash was also recovered stashed in vehicle tires and in industrial machinery from vans disguised as mechanical service vehicles.

West Midlands Police said they seized 400kg of cocaine as well as £1.6m in cash after investigators smashed the supply chain.

They also recovered 225kg of cocaine destined for Australia stored at a warehouse in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.

The gang communicated using the Encroch

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