Police seize £2m drugs shipment
Police seize £2m drugs shipment - News - Boness Journal: "Police have seized a shipment of drugs worth more than £2 million in Derby.
The drugs were recovered from a lorry container in Raynesway at 10am on Tuesday after police received a report from a delivery company. Inside officers found around 44 kilos of suspected cocaine.
It's believed the haul had been imported from South America and was hidden in holdalls among legitimate cargo.
It is estimated the shipment is worth around £2.2 million and investigations are ongoing into the origins and destination of the container.
Detective Sergeant Steve Judge, of Derby North CID, said: 'This is one of the largest drug seizures we've had in Derbyshire in recent times and a massive amount of drugs that has been kept off the streets."
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The drugs were recovered from a lorry container in Raynesway at 10am on Tuesday after police received a report from a delivery company. Inside officers found around 44 kilos of suspected cocaine.
It's believed the haul had been imported from South America and was hidden in holdalls among legitimate cargo.
It is estimated the shipment is worth around £2.2 million and investigations are ongoing into the origins and destination of the container.
Detective Sergeant Steve Judge, of Derby North CID, said: 'This is one of the largest drug seizures we've had in Derbyshire in recent times and a massive amount of drugs that has been kept off the streets."
DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.
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