Key points
- Britain has seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of £96m hidden under containers on a ship from Panama.
- 170kg of ketamine, 4,000 ecstasy tablets and 20 firearms were also seized at the port of Dover.
Cocaine seizure in Britain / PA
In the UK, law enforcement officials have announced one of the largest cocaine seizures in history, with 2.4 tonnes of cocaine, worth an estimated £96 million.
The contraband was hidden under containers on a ship that had called at one of the ports, Channel 24 reported, citing SkyNews.
Britain seizes one of the largest cocaine hauls in the country's history
The drugs were found under the cargo of containers on a ship that arrived from Panama in the Thames estuary. British authorities had tracked the shipment in advance and detained it after the ship arrived in the country.
This is the sixth seizure of this scale in the UK's history, border officials say. The drugs are valued at £96 million.
In addition, another batch of illegal cargo was detained at the port of Dover: 170 kilograms of ketamine, about 4,000 ecstasy tablets and 20 firearms.
Earlier, Ukrainian and Polish law enforcement officers liquidated an international drug syndicate. The monthly “profit” of the defendants exceeded 100 thousand US dollars . They transported wholesale lots of pseudoephedrine to Zaporizhia, hiding it in containers with baby food and animal feed.
