SHIFTING container after container of Duck bleach and Vanish stain remover, a group of men reveal a huge cocaine shipment they think they’ve got clean away with.
They’ve already smuggled in more than 300kilos of cocaine which has an estimated street value of £24million in just ten deliveries.
The OCG managed to smuggle in 300 kilos of cocaine in lorries Credit: Met Police
Lorries filled with cleaning products had the drugs hidden in the legitimate load Credit: Met Police
The gang were flooding the UK with drugs from the warehouse in Slough
Each of the parcels of cocaine and heroin were wrapped in paper with graphic logos Credit: Met Police
But as they’re moving their hidden load into the warehouse three hours in, cops burst through the doors and catch the crooks red-handed -following weeks of hard work to track the organised crime group.
Speaking exclusively to The Jattvibe, Acting Detective Inspector Mark Davies said: “I think they felt very safe in their environment and weren’t expecting to be uncovered by a police operation.
“We know they’d used it on several occasions and probably never thought they’d have been caught.”
Drug kingpins Andrzej Walas and Robert Francuz are shocked that their multi-million-pound operation has been thwarted after ten successful deliveries thanks to hard-working plain-clothed coppers.
The kingpins have done all they can to stay off the police radar after learning tips and tricks from police documentaries.
The drugs were hidden in lorries carrying a legitimate load of cleaning products and crooks were flown in from Poland to unpack the lorry. The drugs haul was then replaced with the missing cleaning products, purchased in the UK, to match the documented load of the haulage truck.
Each drop off is a five-hour operation, with the lorries arriving a day ahead of their documented schedule to be unloaded, repacked, and then head to their legitimate drop off point.
Meanwhile, the Polish men handed out kilos of heroin and cocaine before flying back home.
The drugs were ferried as far away as Peterborough and Birmingham, while the rest flooded the streets of London.
ADI Davies added: “As all good criminals do, they learn from the mistakes of others, so they try and find ways to evade the law enforcement. And this obviously worked for them for a while until they met us.
“These crooks probably spend a lot of time watching a lot of the documentaries that come out about police operations so they’re able to learn from those, as well as the time they spend with other villains.”
Not long after they’d interrupted the gang, mid-operation, dealer Jamie Allen arrived to collect his drugs to courier – not realising he was speaking to plain-clothed police officers and about to be nicked.
The gang taken down in Operation Goldey had set up a sophisticated network to bring drugs across from mainland Europe – and the Metropolitan Police are confident they’ve taken out the top dogs.
Alongside their mammoth cocaine importation scheme, the group also smuggled in 60kilos of heroin.
Lorries were booked onto ferries that dock in Dover, Kent, or Harwich Port in Essex. The lorries then diverted to a ghost warehouse rented by the organised crime group.
Initially this was in Slough, where they took nine shipments before police raided on their tenth. The crooks then pivoted to a new site in Daventry in a bid to keep their supply line running.
Explaining how unusual the use of ghost warehouses is in drug trafficking, investigating officer Police Constable Leon Ure said: “What we see more often is distributors, so the lorries that come into Dover or Harwich will then normally meet the London-based drug couriers in a lay-by.
“The people collecting the drugs will then take it back to London. So the ghost warehouses are not something we see that often.”
Cocaine is now the number one illegal drug smuggled into Britain, and in 2025 Police Forces and Border Force seized 18.46 tonnes of the Class A drug – worth upwards of £500m.
The Berkshire warehouse had been rented by Walas, who claimed it would be used for an expansion of his pizza business, but cops found nothing there related to making or cooking the Italian dish.
Andrzej Wallas rented the warehouse under the guise of it being for his pizza company Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk
Acting DCI Lydia Stephens said the team would keep finding drug dealers Credit: Met Police
Cops found multiple vehicles loaded with cocaine that was destined for different places in the UK Credit: Met Police
The gang flew in men from Poland to unload and reload the lorries to stay under the radar Credit: Met Police
His strategy was rumbled when cops spotted an unknown man from the group handing over 25kilos of heroin to another criminal who was under surveillance.
PC Leon said: “We started looking into the man handing over and were able to discover, with the help of Border Force and the National Crime Agency, that this guy, and others, were flying in and out of the UK on a regular basis.
“That in itself is not criminal, but what we did see was they were coming in for less than 24 hours at a time.
“It was once we made the initial arrests, we could get the pieces together to see that they would just come in, unload the lorries, reload them and then distribute the drugs.
“This investigation has taken out a major national distribution network. They don’t just supply London. It goes further afield.
“Criminals don’t respect boundaries. They will move them wherever, so it’s important we keep working with other forces as much as we can to catch them.”
ADI Davis added: “It’s a good way of them keeping people below the radar and not using locally known criminals to us.
“So from their point of view, I think it was a tactic to try and stop law enforcement picking up on it.”
But bringing in millions-of-pounds worth of drugs is not a victimless crime.
ADI Davies said: “What we need to remember is where this all ends up.
“And the bottom line is that it’s fuelling street crime, gangs and county lines, which in turn leads to its own problems with murders and exploitation of young people.”
Despite the millions of pounds the gang earned, they were careful not to splash it on a luxurious lifestyle with fancy holidays.
Dover was one of the ports used by the gang to smuggle drugs in from mainland Europe Credit: AFP or licensors
The other port used was Harwich in Essex where lorries arrived a day earlier than scheduled Credit: Alamy
The drugs smuggled in are worth millions of pounds once cut and sold on the street Credit: Metropolitan Police
Jamie Allen, 29, of Easterton Croft, Birmingham was arrested after arriving at the warehouse to pick up drugs Credit: Metropolitan Police
Instead, they’d invested in property back in Poland and some in the UK, as part of their a bid to keep police off their scent.
However, cops are now going after those assets as part of the proceeds of crime powers, which allows them to seize ill-gotten gains.
For the team, the fight doesn’t stop there.
Team leader Acting Detective Chief Inspector Lydia Stephens said: “I think it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all the horrific stories of violence that we have, particularly in London, with stabbings, shootings and gang warfare.
“But we are lifting our vision to look at what is fueling and causing it. The spotlight isn’t going to come off these groups.”
Last month Kingping Andrzej Walas, 48, was sentenced to 26 years’ imprisonment. Co-conspirator Robert Francuz, 43, got sentenced to 21 years, and drug dealer Jamie Allen, 29, was handed 13 years inside.
Dawid Gasiewski, 32, was sentenced to 14 years and 4 months and Jagjit Singh, 30, was handed 10 years and 6 months, for offences linked to the importation of class A drugs.
Acting DCI Stephens, said: “This was a truly significant drugs bust for the Met Police and a testament to the dedication and professionalism of our officers and partners.
“Our investigation dismantled a major organised crime network and removed a substantial supply of Class A drugs from our streets. But it’s important the public understands that drug supply is not a victimless crime – it is intrinsically linked to violence, exploitation and serious harm within our communities.
“Drug gangs fuel violence and prey on the vulnerable, often coercing young people into criminality for profit. That is why we are relentless in our pursuit of those involved.
“By targeting these networks, we are not only taking drugs off the streets, we are safeguarding vulnerable people and preventing further harm.
“Every line we close, every kilo we seize, and every offender we bring to justice is a step closer to saving lives and making London safer.”
