UK: Cocaine worth £76 million found in banana shipment

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2021-Jan-25 Mon 12:16

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9287364/uk-cocaine-worth-ps76-million-found-in-banana-shipment/

2021-Jan-25 Mon 12:16

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UK Border Force officers have disrupted a large drug smuggling operation after seizing almost a ton of cocaine -with a street value of around £76 million- hidden among bananas at the Port of Southampton. The Class A drugs, weighing a total of 946 kg, were found within a shipping container on a commercial…

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