Gang 'planned' to smuggle drugs inside pianos

A DRUGS gang plotted to smuggle millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK inside hollowed-out pianos, the Old Bailey heard.

The gang including Gary Vian, 44, from Crest Road, South Croydon, had the instruments made with secret compartments where they could stuff huge quantities of drugs, it is claimed.

Four of the dealers were caught driving a van full of cannabis resin hidden in custom-built bookcases and a chair in the shape of a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

Mukul Chawla, prosecuting, said the accused were major drug dealers.

He said: "Their trade is measured in possibly even millions of pounds."