British Navy in £160m Caribbean drugs bust

The bust was the second in two days after 264kg of cocaine was seized in a separate operation in the region 48 hours before. PIcture: LPhot Oates/Royal Navy/PA

Drugs worth more than £160 million (€177m) which could have ended up in the UK have been seized in the Caribbean.

The British Navy was joined by Royal Marines, US Coast Guard teams and a Dutch Navy ship in the drug bust which saw the seizure of 1.7 tonnes of cocaine and 28kg of amphetamines.