FIVE TONS OF COCAINE DISCOVERED IN PORT: Police make 'catch of the year', find out who was caught!
This is not the first major arrest in the London port in recent weeks, as three men were arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine worth around 94 million euros through the English docks of Southampton in March, hiding the drugs in a shipment of bananas.
TL;DR
- British border service seized nearly 5 tons of cocaine worth about 470 million euros at London Gateway port.
- The drugs were concealed within shipments of bananas and South American wine barrels.
- Three men were arrested in March for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth about 94 million euros through Southampton docks.
- Croatian authorities indicted 25 people for drug trafficking, including heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, marijuana, and MDMA.
- This Croatian group allegedly made about 1.8 million euros and operated between 2020 and 2021.
- The indicted individuals include 24 Croatian citizens and one Slovenian.