National Crime Agency officers arrested 40-year-old Didier Tordecilla Reyes at a hotel in Lelley, East Yorkshire, in May last year. The group had been tracked by NCA officers, who observed Moran and another man buying a VW Tourag with a tow bar in Dewsbury. Reyes acted as a contact with Colombian drug cartels and flew into the UK especially to participate in the smuggling attempt. NCA officers observed Moran and Reyes unloading a number of bags from the RHIB on to the beach, and the van leaving the scene. Moran was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and Livingstone to seven years and nine months imprisonment on December 23 last year.