THREE faces of members of a major crime gang who imported drugs with a street value of £1.2 million remain a mystery to the public after police said they were not its "main players".
The PSNI, assisted by English police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency, foiled the international plot would have seen Northern Ireland flooded with cocaine, speed and cannabis.
Sentences of six years - half to be served on licence - were handed to 32-year-old career criminal Barry Kavanagh, top right, and Liam Young (35), right, who both admitted being concerned in the supply of class A and B drugs.
Their pictures were released by police.
Four-year terms - again, half to be spent in jail - were also handed to 31-year-old Keith Laffin, Christopher McNally (28) and Gary Stevenson (30), all from Co Down.
However, police said they will not be releasing pictures of the three men.
"They are not the main players," a spokeswoman said when asked for the images.
Officers recovered seven kilos of cocaine, 44kg of amphetamines and 40kg of cannabis from raids in Northern Ireland and England in February 2010.
All had a high purity value which would have allowed them to be cut several times before they reached the streets.
The drugs originated in Holland and were moved to England before being taken to Northern Ireland.
On February 6, Young flew to Liverpool and transferred £500 to McNally, who was living in Preston at the time but who has an address at Donard Avenue in Bangor.
Kilkeel man Laffin, of Brackenagh West Road in Newry, was followed to Glasgow where he bought a lorry which was then tracked to Newcastle.
On February 12, McNally went to Liverpool where he met another man and collected a number of boxes.
McNally drove off under surveillance and was spotted meeting Stevenson, from The Hawthorns in Annalong, at a service station on the M21 who then drove on to Stranraer and boarded the ferry, returning to Annalong where police uncovered herbal cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine and e 91,000 and £6,000 in cash.
Police described the operation as "one of the most significant in recent times".