Customs depot near Coventry Airport loses seized items
17.12.07
Contraband seized by customs officers has gone missing from a secure depot close to Coventry Airport. Police have been called in to search for the goods that disappeared from the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) store before last weekend. Press reports claim that the items stolen include confiscated passports, guns and £80,000 worth of cocaine.
A HMRC spokesman refused to comment on claims drugs, firearms and passports may have been stolen. He said security had been stepped up and investigations were continuing, but did not reveal when or how the items disappeared. He added that officials were cooperating with Warwickshire police.
The customs spokesman said: 'We can confirm that a small number of items are missing from one of our offices in the Coventry area. We cannot comment further on this matter, it's the subject of an ongoing investigation.'
The depot is used to store thousands of pounds worth of contraband seized by customs officers after it enters the UK illegally in parcels shipped from abroad at the UK's largest air freight depot near Coventry Airport. As you will see from our Coventry Airport News page, there are regular seizures of large quantities of drugs.
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