This is the astonishing moment a British drug runner bragged there was 'zero f*****g risk' as he planned further smuggling missions despite an £18m cocaine drop-off attempt being thwarted by the Border Force.

Alex Fowlie, 35, helped engineer a plan to bring the vast quantity of drugs from South America on a cargo vessel across the Atlantic before dumping them in water tight bales into the English Channel and retrieving them with the aid of trackers.

But the plot did not go to plan with the drug laden inflatable boat spotted by Border Force officers, leading to three of the seven gang members being chased for 28 miles out at sea and arrested.

The trio were seen throwing the bales of cocaine into the sea before they stopped at Gwynver Beach near Sennen, Cornwall, last September.

Four of the gang members were jailed on Thursday for a total of more than 80 years, with Fowlie, who purchased the boat used, to be sentenced at a later date along with the two remaining associates.