Border Force officers have seized approximately 13 kilos of cocaine and six kilos of heroin at Dover's Eastern Docks. The drugs have a combined potential street value in excess of £2 million.
On Sunday 21 April, officers at the UK inward freight controls intercepted a Slovenian-registered lorry. On searching the vehicle officers found the drugs hidden within the load of mixed goods.
A 41-year-old Slovenian man has been bailed while further investigations by Border Force are carried out.
Paul Morgan, Director Border Force South East & Europe, said: "Cocaine and heroin are vile and destructive drugs, which ruin the lives of users and the wider community.
"Border Force officers are on constant alert to keep illegal drugs and other banned substances out of the UK."
Anyone with information about activity they suspect may be linked to drug smuggling can call the smuggling hotline on 0800 59 5000.
Border Force seizes cocaine and heroin at Dover
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
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