article_snippet.sent: Thomas Britteon, 28, also received eight years for the same charges while John Powell, 70, was sentenced for 10.
article_snippet.sent: The scheme began in 2013 when Powell took charge of the 62ft Makayabella in the Caribbean.
article_snippet.sent: Powell sailed The scheme for a year as a charter boat to provide a cover story before picking up the 1,025kg consignment of cocaine in Venezuela last August.
article_snippet.sent: Powell’s son Stephen, 48, from Guiseley, West Yorkshire, was a ‘major player’ in Britain’s drugs underworld and was the ‘main man’ behind the operation, the court was told.
article_snippet.sent: the court has already been sentenced to 16 years for conspiracy to import cocaine.
article_snippet.sent: Powell was given a longer sentence because Powell had flown out to inspect the yacht and knew through Powell son about the whole plan.