{"id":19116,"date":"2026-03-24T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/cocaine-consignment-worth-80-million-seized-by-border-force-at-essex-port-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:12:17","slug":"cocaine-consignment-worth-80-million-seized-by-border-force-at-essex-port-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/cocaine-consignment-worth-80-million-seized-by-border-force-at-essex-port-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocaine consignment worth \u00a380 million seized by Border Force at Essex port. uk news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Border Force officers have seized a huge consignment of cocaine worth around \u00a380 million at an Essex port.<\/p>\n<p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) said it had launched an investigation following the seizure of a tonne at the London Gateway Port on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not believed that Britain was its final destination. <strong>drugs<\/strong>bound to the ship carrying them <strong>norway<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The shrink-wrapped drugs were found inside several holdalls in a container that had been shipped from Panama with a &#8220;cover load&#8221; of ceramics and kitchenware.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">A ship of Border Force. Photo: Reuters<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>NCA senior investigating officer Paul Orchard said, &#8220;This was a spectacular seizure by our partners in the Border Force, and taking this quantity of cocaine out of circulation will deprive organized criminals of millions in profits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cocaine seizures by police reached a record high last year, with 23,706 cases recorded by March 2025 \u2013 up 13% from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/>mohamed salah will leave liverpool<br \/>Transgender girls given deadline to leave guide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Border Force and police intercepted drugs on a record-breaking 269,000 occasions, a 24% increase on the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The search is as follows <strong>Recently 943 kg of cocaine was seized<\/strong> From a shipping container in Southampton Docks with an estimated street value of \u00a375 million.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Force officers have seized a huge consignment of cocaine worth around \u00a380 million at an Essex port. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said it had launched an investigation following the seizure of a tonne at the London Gateway Port on Friday. 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