Yachtsman gets 24 years for doomed cocaine voyage

A ‘master’ yachtsman who smuggled £35m worth of cocaine into the country has been jailed for 24 years. Stephen Lloyd-Jones, 56, bought a 35ft Kingfisher Sport Explorer for £100,000 called Well Plumbed ahead of the doomed voyage in February last year. He kitted it out with a crane capable of lifting a ton in weight, floatation devices, radar equipment, navigation devices, Wi-Fi, a satellite telephone and spare fuel tanks. Lloyd-Jones was also given instructions on how to communicate with the…