Moment armed NCA cops snare drug-smuggler hiding in fishing boat cupboard

Armed National Crime Agency (NCA) officers arrested a cocaine smuggler after finding him hiding inside a fishing boat’s kitchen cupboard during a June raid on the New Horizon at Eastbourne Marina in South England. Bodycam footage showed officers boarding the vessel, searching the galley, and spotting the suspect, Ruffell, before putting him in handcuffs. Investigators recovered 425kg of cocaine worth £34m. Ian Smith, 50, and other men were also detained; Alan Colquhoun, 49, and William Donohoe, 38, received 16-year sentences (reduced from 24) for their roles as ringleaders. The jailed group also included Ian Smith (12 years), Jacob Cronin (6 years 8 months), and Daniel Ruffell (8 years).