A Billingham man's 13-year jail term for his role in a €157m cocaine ship conspiracy has been highlighted in an iPlayer documentary. Jamie Harbron was among eight men sentenced in July after the MV Matthew was stormed by Irish troops in September 2023.

More than 2.2 tonnes of cocaine worth around 157 million euros (£132 million) was found aboard the MV Matthew. Now, a BBC Spotlight programme looks at the story behind the 'mother ship', which the Army Ranger Wing (the special forces unit of the Irish Defence Forces) took control of and sailed to Cork harbour.

The three arms of the Irish Defence Forces teamed up with Revenue Customs and Gardai to form a joint task force to take down the MV Matthew, a Panamanian registered freighter that had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with 2,200 k

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