LONDON, April 11, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - British border officials have seizedaround five tonnes of cocaine, with a street value of some o400 million ($540million), at one of London's main port terminals, the government said onSaturday. The drugs were uncovered in a series of operations at London Gateway port inFebruary and March, with the largest single haul, of almost 2,800 packetshidden in a banana shipment, weighing in at around three tonnes. "The smugglers had gone to extreme lengths to avoid detection -- trying toreplicate the exact shape and weight of banana boxes to conceal the drugsinside, among fruit in a single shipping container," the Home Office said ina statement. Another o80 million worth of cocaine -- a tonne in weight -- was found lastmonth in a shipping container carrying South American wine. The Home Office -- Britain's interior ministry -- said almost 150 tonnes ofillegal drugs were seized by the Border Force in the year ending in March.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 11, 2026 14:45 UTC