Border Force seizes £96m shipload of cocaine

BORDER Force officers have seized cocaine worth £96million in one of the UK’s biggest drugs busts in years.

- By Jon Coates

The 2.4-ton haul was found under containers on a ship arriving at the London Gateway port from Panama, central America.

Specialist maritime officers detected the shipment earlier this month following an intelligence-led operation.

With help from the Essex port operator, they moved 37 large containers to get at the stash.