For evading duty, Ahmed and Hareem were jailed for two years and four months, while Matei, Maculevics and Smirnovs all received two-year sentences.

BBC: Cigarette smuggling gang led by Coventry man jailed

The cigarettes were being smuggled into the country from Poland, Latvia and Romania by Milian Matei, 38, of Bowthorpe Close, Northampton, Dmitrijs Smirnovs, 26, of Benton Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and Aleksandrs Maculevics, 26, of Archer Road, also in Stevenage.

BBC: Cigarette smuggling gang led by Coventry man jailed