Cocaine worth £302m found in Southampton is 'largest in UK'

Cocaine worth £302m found in Southampton is 'largest in UK'

A "monumental seizure" of cocaine found in a shipment of bananas has been called the UK's biggest since 2015.

The drug, with a potential street value of £302m, was found within five pallets of bananas at Southampton docks on 17 March.

Border Force said the cocaine hydrochloride - used to make crack cocaine - weighed about 3.7 tonnes.

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