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Between bathrobes: police discovered record amount of heroin

2019-09-04T08:37:30.196Z


In the UK, drug investigators have secured nearly 1.3 tons of heroin - between bathrobes and towels. The sales value is more than 130 million euros.



The British police have secured almost 1.3 tonnes of heroin, valued at € 132 million, on a container ship in the port of Felixstowe in the southeast of the country.

The drug had already been discovered on Saturday between towels and bathrobes, said the organized crime police department NCA with.

According to the Deputy Director of the Border Guard at the port of Felixstowe, the smugglers had sewn about one kilogram of heroin blocks into towels. It took her staff almost six hours to get the drugs, Jenny Sharp said.

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1.3 tons of heroin with an estimated value of 132 million euros

After that, the investigators reportedly brought the empty container back on board. The ship drove as planned in the direction of Antwerp, where it docked two days later. From there, the container was taken by truck to a warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Here, the police could arrest four suspects while unloading. According to the BBC, the drugs come from Pakistan.

NCA Director Matt Horne spoke of a record amount of confiscated heroin for the UK. "The scope of these and other secured deliveries shows the threat we are facing." As early as 2 August, 400 kilograms of the drug had been discovered in Felixstowe.

Source: spiegel

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