Lorry driver tried to smuggle £1,000,000 cocaine haul hidden around bunk bed

Robertas Trimailovas, from Lithuania, hid 24kg of the class A drugs in three spaces in the lining surrounding the driver’s bunk bed.

A lorry driver has been jailed for nine years after trying to smuggle £1 million worth of cocaine into the UK.

Robertas Trimailovas, 46, from Alytus in Lithuania, hid 24kg of the drug in three spaces in the lining surrounding the driver’s bunk bed.

The huge haul was discovered after he was stopped at Dover on April 5.

Trimailovas was interviewed by National Crime Agency officers and charged with importing a class A drug.

He pleaded guilty at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday, and was sentenced to nine years at the same court on Friday.

Martin Grace, Dover branch commander for the NCA, said: ‘Drug runners like Trimailovas should be in no doubt about our determination to catch them and bring them to justice.

‘Class A drugs bring violence and exploitation to our communities, and working with partners like Border Force we are committed to disrupting the organised crime groups involved.’

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