A former professional boxer was part of a gang jailed for 77 years today for smuggling £11million of cocaine into the UK with the help of corrupt British Airways workers . Stephen O ’ Meara , 31 , formerly of Datchet , Buckinghamshire was today locked up for 13 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine in February and August 2013 . The drugs were transported in two loads and flown on British Airways flights to Heathrow Airport , Southwark Crown Court heard . Jailed : Stephen O ’ Meara , 31 , was today locked up for 13 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine . He was was part of a gang jailed for 77 years in total . Drugs and ammunition : Police intercepted 40 kilos of cocaine ( left ) together with 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition . In total , police intercepted 40 kilos of cocaine with purity levels of more than 90 % and a street level value of £11 million , together with 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition . Gang leader Harvinder Sanghera , 33 , of Heston , Hounslow , London was caged for 30 years for importing cocaine and ammunition , while his ‘ right hand man ’ Savdeep Atkar , 33 , of Grays , Essex was sentenced to 21 years for importing cocaine . Former boxer and personal trainer O ’ Meara was handed a 13-year sentence , as was David Brown , 51 , of Biggleswade , Bedfordshire for supplying cocaine . Mark Graffius , defending O ’ Meara , said the former professional boxer met Sanghera while acting as his personal trainer . Sanghera and Aktar would watch O ’ Meara as he took part in sparring sessions , the court was told . Father-of-two O ’ Meara was a ‘ gifted and dedicated ’ boxer boxer who was ‘ literally on the very cusp of becoming a top level international , ’ according to Mr Graffius . He was managed by leading boxing promoter Frank Warren and had planned to move abroad to Spain where he was on the threshold of a ‘ major , life-changing event. ’ Sanghera was described as a ‘ family man ’ with two small children , who accrued a number of large debts through gambling . Jailed : Savdeep Atkar ( left ) , David Brown ( centre ) and Harvinder Sanghera ( right ) were sentenced with Stephen O ’ Meara today . It was said Sanghera , who previously worked on a perfume production line in Acton , joined the drug conspiracy because he ‘ owed debts to people you shouldn ’ t owe debts ' . Aktar was described as a man brought up by a ‘ hard-working ’ and ‘ god-fearing ’ family . Brown was said to be a person who ‘ tends to say yes to people. ’ Sentencing the men , Judge Robbins said : ‘ You four in your own different ways played your parts in ensuring that some very large quantities of cocaine were imported into this country . ‘ You know very well the devastating effects these drugs may have on poor individuals . ‘ The wholesale value of 40 kilogrammes of cocaine would have been more than £2m , but the street value much higher . ‘ This was a sophisticated , well organised , and determined criminal network . ‘ Those towards the top end of the organisation , Atkar and Sanghera , were capable of masterminding and resourcing such an operation. ’ Police intercepted the drugs and ammunition . This picture shows the officers ' search of a Surrey address . A total of 40 kilos of cocaine ( left ) together with 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition ( right ) were smuggled into the UK . Judge Robbins said he agreed that the two disrupted importations were indicative of a much larger operation . He added that Sanghera was ‘ closely associated ’ with the producers of the drug in Mexico , and had made numerous trips to North America to meet them . Judge Robbins described Atkar as Sanghera ’ s ‘ right-hand man ’ and ‘ lieutenant , ’ who had encouraged British Airways employees to abuse their positions of trust . ‘ The smuggling of firearms is every bit as significant and dangerous as smuggling drugs , ’ said Judge Robbins of Sanghera ’ s firearms offence . There was sobbing in a packed public gallery as sentence was passed .
Stephen O ’ Meara , 31 , was locked up for 13 years for supplying cocaine . Drugs were transported in two loads and flown on Harvinder Sanghera flights . Police intercepted 40 kilos of cocaine and 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition . British Airways caged for 30 years and Savdeep Atkar for 21 years . David Brown was sentenced to 13 years , bringing their total to 77 years .