Britain's biggest EVER gun haul: How criminals who boasted about being gangsters smuggled arsenal worth £250,000 from Slovakia to UK... but police were waiting for them

The Kent-based gang transported 22 assault rifles (bottom left), nine machine guns (bottom right) and 1,500 rounds of ammunition on a motor boat into a quiet Kent marina - where police were waiting (main picture). The haul was bought in Slovakia from a supplier linked to the Charlie Hebdo shootings. When the boat arrived at Cuxton Marina, near Rochester, gang leader Harry Shilling (inset right), 26, emailed Michael Defraine (inset left) saying: 'We [are] now officially gangsters.' Defraine responded: 'F****** nice one.' They face lengthy jail sentences after two of them were found guilty at the Old Bailey yesterday of smuggling firearms worth up to £250,000 on the black market. Last night, after the trial of two of the gangsters, police warned similar contraband weapons could end up in the hands of Islamic fanatics bent on bringing jihad to Britain.