🔵 £17.2m cocaine cheese criminal gang jailed for 40+ years

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🔵 A criminal gang based in Blackburn have been jailed for more than 40 years after they were caught concealing a £17.2 million haul of cocaine in cheese.
🔵 Here are the latest Food Standards Agency hygiene scores for 45 takeaways, cafe and restaurants across the Lancashire area, including 10 premises that failed.
🔵 Popular Lancashire comedian Jon Richardson and comedian wife Lucy Beaumont have announced they are to divorce after nine years of marriage.

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	Criminal gang jailed after £17.2m worth of cocaine concealed in cheese

	The gang used blocks of cheese to hide the massive haul of drugs.

Criminal gang jailed after £17.2m worth of cocaine concealed in cheese

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