Sulaiman Bawa, 52, of Peacock Avenue, Feltham, used his experience running Airport Cargo Care Ltd to advise other criminals how to import cocaine and heroin into the UK via air freight from South America, South Asia and the Middle East.
An investigation by the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) launched in March 2020 found that he was part of an organised crime group planning to import and distribute 3,058 kilogrammes of cocaine and 2,357 kilogrammes of heroin.
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