Watch as two drug smugglers jump off a boat containing £39 million worth of cocaine intercepted by Border Force on the Suffolk Broads.
Bruce Knowles, 55, from Dereham and Ferhat Gumrukguoglu, 31, from the Netherlands jumped from a boat hiding 350 kilos of cocaine to escape arrest.
The pair have been convicted after a National Crime Agency investigation.
The video shows a Border Force cutter moving in to the boat that was intercepted near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk.
Gumrukguoglu is seen jumping from the boat and swimming towards the beach as Knowles restarts the engines in an attempt to escape arrest.
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The boat was eventually grounded on the beach and Knowles was arrested, Gumrukguoglu was arrested later that day in Wrentham, Norfolk, after fleeing the beach.
Both men were interviewed and gave no comment, but were subsequently charged with importing a controlled drug. They pleaded guilty to the offence at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday, August 20.
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