Colombian cocaine worth £40,000,000 found hidden in boxes of bananas
Colombian cocaine worth £40,000,000 found hidden in boxes of bananas
The cocaine was on its way to the Netherlands (Picture: PA)
Cocaine worth £40 million has been smuggled into a port on the River Thames hidden in a box of bananas.
Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) seized more than than half a tonne of the Class A drug on a boat travelling from Colombia at London Gateway on the Essex coast.
Huge slabs of cocaine were found wedged alongside bananas in…