Cocaine worth up to £184m found in banana shipment

Cocaine worth up to £184m found in banana shipment

The drugs were found in a shipment of bananas Photo: PA

Cocaine worth up to £184m (€212m) has been seized after it was imported from Colombia in a consignment of bananas.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the seizure of around 2.3 tonnes of the Class A drug is believed to be one of the largest ever in the UK.

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