Record seizure of 5.7 tonnes of cocaine in the UK. The cocaine, with a street value of more than £450 million (€525 million) according to UK market prices, was hidden in a shipment of bananas from South America.
NCA investigators believe the final destination of the goods was the German port of Hamburg. The announcement comes as significant seizures have taken place in recent months in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, the three main European countries for cocaine imports, most coming from Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.