Smugglers jailed for 30 years over £13.6m cocaine supply network

A vast drugs supply network has been dismantled and its members sentenced to a total of 30 years and five months in prison following a major investigation.

The Organised Crime Partnership (OCP)—a joint unit comprising the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Metropolitan Police Service—investigated the enterprise. Between April and August 2022, the group delivered more than 170 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £13.6 million, to various locations across the UK.

Investigation and Surveillance

The network utilised the encrypted messaging app Wickr, alongside passwords and codenames, to coordinate their movements and evade detection. The group was intercepted after OCP officers stopped Arvinder Bains, 39, from Telford, in London on 16 June 2022. A search of his vehicle revealed 10 kilos of high-purity compressed cocaine.

Further analysis of seized mobile phones revealed a wider conspiracy involving several couriers coordinated by Shahrukh Hummayiun, 29, from Wolverhampton. Investigators discovered that Hummayiun, along with Gabriele Trinkunaite and Rubanpreet Kaur, had carried out reconnaissance of meeting sites the day prior to the supply.

Arrests and Sentencing The network began to collapse in early 2025:

• Gabriele Trinkunaite (26): Arrested by the West Midlands Region Organised Crime Unit on 14 January 2025.
• Shahrukh Hummayiun (29): Arrested at Gatwick Airport on 15 January 2025 while attempting to flee to Dubai.
• Rubanpreet Kaur (26) and Sindija Virse (28): Both arrested at their home addresses on 15 January 2025.

The defendants were sentenced today, Monday 23 March 2026, at Birmingham Crown Court.

"Sophisticated and Far Reaching"

Detective Inspector Richard Smith, from the Organised Crime Partnership, noted the scale of the operation:

“This criminal enterprise was sophisticated and far reaching. The group brazenly supplied multiple communities with dangerous class A drugs without a care for the consequences. Thanks to the work of the dedicated investigators on the OCP, we were able to dismantle this network and eliminate the risk they pose to the public.”

OFFICIAL SOURCE VERIFICATION: This article is based on an official press release issued by a Police Force. Document: Smugglers who were part of a vast drugs supply network sentenced

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