This is the moment Alton drug baron James Harding was arrested after disembarking a private jet. Harding, 34, has since been found guilty of importing cocaine into the UK and planning the murder ...

James Harding, from Alton and Jayes Kharouti, from Surrey, appear at the Old Bailey.

James Harding, 34, plotted murder and one of the largest importations of Class A drugs in Scotland Yard history using the encrypted EncroChat messaging platform.

Harding's second-in-command, Jayes Kharouti, 39, from Epsom, Surrey, was also convicted of conspiracy to murder, having already pleaded guilty to importing cocaine before the trial started. In ...

Drug kingpins who plotted murder of rival jailed for life The court heard that James Harding, 34, and Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire.

James Harding lived a life of luxury in Dubai before being extradited back to the UK in 2022.

A drug baron has been found guilty of importing millions of pounds of cocaine into the UK and planning the murder of a rival after police cracked his mobile phone messages. James Harding, 34, from ...

Drug kingpins plotted rival’s murder while running criminal empire The duo discussed how and where the murder would take place, with Kharouti offering the potential hitman a six-figure sum ...

James Harding, 34, and his “loyal right-hand man” Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire which made £5 million in profits from importing drugs over 10 weeks in 2020 alone.