Gang thought they were about to make millions - but police were watching their every move

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This was the moment the net closed in on a multi-million pound drug smuggling gang. Four men, including a high-level drug dealer from Trafford, were arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators as they unloaded a shipping container which arrived in the UK from Ecuador.

The organised criminals believed the container, used to ship bananas, was also carrying £11m-worth of drugs. Video footage shows one of the group, Florjan Ibra, using a crowbar to rip open the massive container from above - while a second man, Arman Kaviani, uses a forklift to join him.

After opening the container, they begin to move boxes from inside into an empty holdall bag. Moments later, NCA officers moved in to arrest the group before the pair leapt from the top of the container in an attempt to flee. READ MORE: Family's heart-breaking tribute to Cameron Brooksbank after his story appears in BBC documentary The Detectives READ MORE: The makeover plans coming to Piccadilly Gardens' concrete pavilion - as the council legally can't knock it down The sting happened as the group expected 139 kilos of cocaine to be hidden inside the consignment of bananas, according to the NCA.

Little did they know, the drugs had already been seized by Border Force at London Gateway port, before the container was resealed.