From: Express & Star
Two members of a gang behind a £1.7million cigarette and tobacco smuggling racket were starting prison sentences today.
Alan Nesbeth, aged 53, was jailed for five years while 28-year-old Jian Ning Yang was locked up for two-and-a-half years.
Some of the contraband was sent into the country through the post in packages and parcels from China and Korea disguised as tea, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard yesterday.
The rest was driven into the UK by the lorry load, explained Miss Heidi Kubik, prosecuting.
