Big drugs find at Heathrow
17.10.11
Cocaine with an estimated street value of £2.5 million have been seized at Heathrow Airport. The drugs were found hidden in an industrial shredding machine weighing more than 600 kilos, that had been shipped to the UK from Mexico, and UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers only made the discovery after drilling into the machine.
The find led to an investigation by the Metropolitan Police, who arrested four men - two British and two Mexican - in the Northampton area. They have been charged with conspiring to import cocaine and remanded in custody by Westminster magistrates.
A UKBA spokesman said: ‘The drugs were so well hidden inside the machinery they have yet to be fully recovered. The estimated weight of the concealment is around 15 kilos, making it one of the biggest seizures of its kind at Heathrow this year.’
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