Harwich, UK: Last Thursday, Border Force officers at Harwich International Port discovered £4.86m of cocaine inside a frozen food lorry.
The officers stopped an Irish-registered lorry carrying a load of frozen food which had just arrived on a ferry from the Hook of Holland. They noticed anomalies in the trailer doors and carried out a search. Inside the trailer they found 47 wrapped packages concealed in metal lined containers. The drugs had a potential street value of over £4.86 million.
A British man was arrested and the investigation passed to the National Crime Agency (NCA). He was interviewed and released under investigation.
Jacque Beer, NCA branch commander said: “This seizure shows that organised criminal networks involved in international drug trafficking continue to pose a threat to the UK, even with the restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.”
