Cocaine worth €11.5m seized from sea chest

Sheerness drugs bust

Source: UK National Crime Agency

Cocaine hidden deep within a container ship at Sheerness Port in Kent has been seized as part of a UK National Crime Agency investigation.

The drugs, which weighed 137 kilos with a street value of £10 million (€11.5 million), were found on a Panamanian-registered ship carrying a load of bananas.

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