Drug courier for OCG who supplied just under £3m of drugs across the UK is sentenced

Footage shows the moment police discovered £200k in cash and multiple mobile phones during a search of a drug courier’s Audi.

On October 12 2023, at the request of Tarian Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), officers from Cumbria Police intercepted Nathaniel Armani as he drove his Audi A8 south on the M6.

Armani was arrested and his mobile phones examined, which police say were found to contain evidence - including images and videos - of his criminal activities and his connection to an Organised Crime Group (OCG).

Police say Armani acted as a courier for an OCG operating from a base in the Metropolitan Police area. The group were responsible for the wholesale supply of multi-kilo quantities of cocaine and cannabis throughout the UK.

On May 2, Nathaniel Armani, 46, of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, appeared at Merthyr Crown Court for sentencing.

He had already pleaded guilty to money laundering and drug supply offences at earlier hearings.

He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being concerned in the supply of class A drugs - namely 11kg of cocaine, being concerned in the supply of class B drugs - namely 603kg of cannabis and transferring criminal property - namely just under £1.7 million in cash.

The combined wholesale value of the drugs supplied by Armani was just under £3 million.