Anglesey flying instructor David Lloyd has been cleared of drugs smuggling charges A 65-year-old former RAF pilot from Anglesey has been cleared of drugs smuggling charges.
David Lloyd, from Llangristiolus, spent seven weeks on trial with three other men accused of conspiracy to smuggle 14kg (31lb) cocaine into the UK.
At Liverpool Crown Court he denied any part in the alleged £3.5m plot.
The jury will continue considering verdicts next week on David Watson, 54, Richard McArthur, 45, and Paul Roche, 55, who all deny the charges.
The jury previously heard that Mr Watson, from Prestwich, Manchester, was the leader of a “team” which smuggled 14kg of cocaine into the UK in a light aircraft.
He allowed his private plane to be used to bring in the drugs, which had a wholesale value of about£630,000, to Mona airfield in Anglesey from Le Touquet, France, in July 2009, the court heard.
The court heard that the haul of drugs was collected in France by former soldier Mathew Lockwood, 29, from Prestwich. He has already pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to import the drugs.
Also allegedly involved were Mr McArthur, from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, and Mr Roche, from Prestwich.
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