Cannabis trucker gang facing prison; CRIME: Police track 'cleverly concealed' load from Holland to Brum.(News) From: Birmingham Mail (England) | Date: July 11, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: By Mark Cowan

FIVE men face long jail sentences after being convicted of an international plot to smuggle pounds 500,000-worth of cannabis into Birmingham.

The huge drugs haul was discovered hidden in the false bottom of heavy machinery being transported in from Holland.

Detectives found the "cleverly concealed" 96kg of cannabis after it was tracked to the Midlands from a port in the south of England last May.

Paul Van Gilst, 60...