Donald Southall and Robert Horton pleaded guilty to smuggling the cigarettes from Eastern Europe and evading £1.7m in excise duty, while Julie Henworth pleaded guilty to laundering the proceeds.
HMRC has seized several assets paid for by their activities, including a speed boat, a Jaguar E-type sports car, a jewel-encrusted Rolex, a Norton motorbike and a villa in Spain.
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