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£3 Million Drugs Haul Found On Lorry

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
UK Border Agency officers in Dover are investigating after they seized heroin, amphetamine sulphate, ecstasy and cannabis all from one vehicle.

Officers stopped a British registered lorry on 24 February at the inward freight controls of Dover's Eastern Docks. After questioning the driver they searched the load of oil drums and found approximately 27 kilos of heroin, 180 kilos of Amphetamine, 10 kilos of ecstasy and 160 kilos of cannabis. The combined estimated street value of the drugs is £3,700,000.

The driver and a second man have been granted bail without charge until August whilst enquiries by UK Border Agency investigators continue.

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