Three men who brought 91 million laughing gas cannisters into the UK have been jailed.

Twins Benjamin and Thomas Richardson alongside Carl Messen shipped the haul of nitrous oxide between May 2016 and December 2018 by creating fake companies, helping them launder up to £16.7 million.

Thomas even posed for a selfie with a massive stack of cash.

The companies created had names alluding to the catering industry, which imports the gas legally to use for whipped cream.

But the gang brought in almost triple the amount of the combined 3.8 million imported by Costa and Starbucks in the same period.

Benjamin Richardson, 38, was jailed for six years and two months, Thomas Richardson was jailed for five years and eight months, and Carl Messen 58, was jailed for three years and two months.

They

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