Three pensioners involved in a £5m cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed.
They were part of a gang which imported cannabis from Holland hidden in frozen chicken imports.
Wattie Soutter, 68, of Rotherhithe, south-east London, described as the drug deal's broker, was sentenced to nine-and-a half years in jail.
Derek Mercer and Andrew Rowe, both 70, received eight and seven year sentences respectively.
Mercer, of South Norwood, south-east London, and Rowe, of Bethnal Green, east London, were found guilty last month by a Southwark Crown Court jury of knowingly being concerned in the smuggling of cannabis into the UK.
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