Bert De Jong, 59, Hussain Sakhi, 22, and Zaibaa Zahur, 21, were found guilty of conspiracy to evade the prohibition on the importation of cocaine and conspiracy to supply cocaine at Kingston Crown Court on April 7.
Sakhi and Zahur were also convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
A fourth member of the group, Justyn Morris, 23, pleaded guilty to the same charges on March 11.
The court heard how the gang distributed millions of pounds worth of cocaine from the Netherlands across London using lorries.
The lorries would stop outside the capital, and the drugs would be collected and sent to ‘retail suppliers’ on a weekly basis.
On July 16, 2024, a holiday let was booked in Marsham, near Norwich and the following day, a van driven by Morris was seen outside the address.
Morris drove to an industrial estate in Norwich, where he met De Jong in a lorry.
De Jong handed Morris three cardboard boxes, which he then drove back to the holiday let.
The van was intercepted by officers who had seen a suspected handover.
Inside the van, they found the three boxes hidden behind black cladding, containing 70kg of cocaine worth between £1.75 million and £2.45 million.
Sakhi and Zahur visited the holiday let later that day to ‘view’ it, raising suspicion.
Officers arrived and searched the pair, finding a phone containing messages between Sakhi and an unidentified contact, who Morris had also been in contact with.
All three were arrested by the Met that day and charged on July 18, 2024.
An extensive investigation followed, which proved the defendants had all been involved in the supply of millions of pounds worth of cocaine.
Drug ledgers kept as records of the movement and distribution of the cocaine were examined during the trial, establishing that the group had moved nearly 500kg.
De Jong was responsible for bringing the drugs into the country from the Netherlands.
Morris would pick them up and pass them to Sakhi and Zahur, who would then distribute them.
On July 23, 2024, De Jong was arrested when entering the country again.
He claimed he had no knowledge of what he was bringing into the country, but evidence on his phone suggested that he would send ‘tokens’ to his counterparts, implying the drugs had been delivered.
He was charged on the same day.
Detective Constable Leon Ure, of the Met’s Specialist Crime South team who led the investigation, said: “This has been a complex and lengthy investigation to dismantle a group supplying drugs across London.
“It has been part of a wider, proactive drug operation led by the Specialist Crime South team.
“This investigation shows the breadth of work the specialist crime unit deals with and I’d like to thank every officer who was involved in the case.
“Drug dealing has a huge impact on Londoners.
“It fuels further crime and impacts the heart of our communities.
“This group is an example of how we will investigate and hold offenders to account.”
They are due to be sentenced on Friday, April 11, at Kingston Crown Court.
