2018-02-02 at 3:16 AM UTC
Two Brits are among five men arrested after £50m of cocaine is found inside a private jet that landed at a small UK airport direct from Colombia
Border Force officers found 500kg of Class A drug at Farnborough Airport
They searched twin-engined aircraft that flew into UK from Bogota, Colombia
Two Britons, two Spaniards and Italian arrested on suspicion of importing drugs
Discovery is believed to have been one of the largest recent seizures of its kind
hree properties in Bournemouth, Dorset, were also searched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as part of the investigation, and computers and phones taken away for examination.
NCA operations manager Siobhan Micklethwaite said: 'This is a major seizure of cocaine, one of the largest flown into the UK by plane in many years, and this seizure by Border Force represents a major blow to organised crime.
'We estimate that once cut and sold on the streets in the UK it would have had a potential value in excess of £50 million.'
The aircraft crew were questioned before being released without charge.
2018-02-02 at 3:27 AM UTC
Daily
an(nu)ally
[dissolutely whisk the pantheon]
Aaaaaaaaagh
This hurts my heart
2018-02-02 at 3:50 AM UTC
fucking amateurs, who the fuck moves that kind of weight in one go ffs? you split that into ten, if a couple get caught you still winning.
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