UK authorities seize cocaine worth more than $130 million from a ship at London port

LONDON AP British administration seized metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama bureaucrats commented Saturday calling it one of the U K s biggest drug busts in years The drugs valued at million pounds million were located under containers on a vessel at London Gateway port east of the British capital The shipment was discovered after what personnel announced was an intelligence-led operation Britain s interior ministry the Home Office mentioned it was the sixth-largest cocaine seizure on record U K Perimeter Force Maritime director Charlie Eastaugh explained the seizure was just one example of how dedicated Perimeter Force maritime officers remain one step ahead of the criminal gangs who threaten our safeguard Our message to these criminals is clear more than ever before we are using intelligence and international law enforcement co-operation to disrupt and dismantle your operations Britain is one of Europe s biggest markets for cocaine according to the National Crime Agency The U K regime says cocaine-related deaths in England and Wales rose by between and Source