Cocaine Worth £600,000 Seized At Dover

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UK Border Agency officers are investigating after approximately 16 kilos of cocaine was seized at Dover's Eastern Docks on Thursday (10 February 2011). The drugs have an estimated street value of £600,000.

Officers stopped a British-registered lorry, carrying a load of fruit juice, which had arrived on a ferry from France at 6pm. The cocaine was found following a search of the vehicle.

A 38 year-old man - a UK national - was arrested and has been bailed whilst enquiries by UK Border Agency investigation officers continue.

Paul Booth, the UK Border Agency's Assistant Director of Border Force South and Europe said: "Our officers are on constant alert to keep drugs, firearms and other banned substances out of the UK.

"Drugs devastate lives and communities and officers at the UK Border Agency, are determined to stop them reaching our streets.

"Anyone with information about activity they suspect may be linked to drug smuggling should call our hotline on 0800 59 5000."

Published on Sunday, 13 February 2011 at 6:57pm