£8.25m cocaine haul found in machinery

Cocaine with a street value of £8.25m (€9.91m) was found hidden in machinery at one of the UK’s biggest ports, investigators said today.

£8.25m cocaine haul found in machinery
Tue, 07 Sep, 2010 - 16:38

Cocaine with a street value of £8.25m (€9.91m) was found hidden in machinery at one of the UK’s biggest ports, investigators said today.

The haul was found inside industrial digger machinery at Tilbury, Essex, said UK Border Agency officials.

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