Sunday, April 12, 2026 - British border officials have seized around five tonnes of cocaine, with a street value of some £400 million ($540 million), at one of London’s main port terminals, the government said on Saturday.
The drugs were uncovered in a series of operations at London
Gateway port in February and March, with the largest single haul, of almost
2,800 packets hidden in a banana shipment, weighing in at around three tonnes.
“The smugglers had gone to extreme lengths to avoid
detection — trying to replicate the exact shape and weight of banana boxes to
conceal the drugs inside, among fruit in a single shipping container,” the Home
Office said in a statement.
Another £80 million worth of cocaine a tonne in weight was
found last month in a shipping container carrying South American wine.
The Home Office, Britain’s interior ministry, said almost
150 tonnes of illegal drugs were seized by the Border Force in the year ending
in March.
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