Jurors who cleared defendants under alleged class A drug charges celebrated with the men at the local pub– these men were mostly Albanian immigrants – after clearing them of running a cocaine ring allegedly across southern England.

The trial at Oxford Crown Court followed a two year specialist crime unit surveillance operation and it is estimated to have cost £1.9 million to run the surveillance operation on the alleged Albanian immigrants.

Some of the defendants, were accused of preparing Class A drugs at a property in the town of Didcot then selling it from other premises in the county, they spent 18 months in prison.

The defendants gave tribute to the jury who cleared them but criticised the police with a pint at the The Head of The River pub overlooking the Thames.

Police and prosecutors accepted the jury’s verdict but defended the decision to bring charges.

Jurors are not allowed to discuss an on-going trial with anyone but jurors are allowed to socialise with cleared defendants after a trial and there I no law banning that, unless details of the jury’s case or deliberations are disclosed.