£32m of coke in boxes of yams

Two traffickers who smuggled £32million worth of cocaine in boxes of yams have been jailed for a total of 36 years. Bashir Al-Safee, 31, and Juan Lopez, 26, conspired to import the drugs in a container sailing from Costa Rica to London’s Gateway port under the name ‘Fruity Fresh.’ When officers searched the shipment on May 31, 2016, they discovered the drugs in hidden compartments in the boxes of produce, Southwark Crown Court heard. After removing the drugs, an undercover…