Liquid cocaine seized at Dover's Eastern Docks

Border Force officers at the inward tourist controls at Dover’s Eastern Docks have seized approximately 50 litres of liquid cocaine.
 

Jerry cans containing the liquid cocaine

The drugs, with an estimated potential street value of £2.3 million, were discovered on the afternoon of Friday, 26 February 2016 when officers stopped a Dutch-registered van. 
 
After questioning the driver, officers searched the vehicle and discovered the drugs in four jerry cans within the vehicle's bodywork. A field test on the liquid in the cans gave a positive result to cocaine.
 
Further searches also found eight MDMA (ecstasy) tablets in the vehicle.
 
Robert William Albert Schutte, a 45 year-old Dutch national, was arrested and the investigation passed to the National Crime Agency.
 
He was later charged with the attempted importation and appeared before Margate Magistrates Court on Monday (29 February) where he withheld his plea. Schutte was remanded in custody and will next appear at Canterbury Crown Court on 29 March.

Paul Morgan, Director of Border Force South East and Europe said: "Every year Border Force officers seize Class A drugs worth hundreds of million of pounds. Working with law enforcement colleagues like the NCA we are determined to prevent drug trafficking and put those responsible behind bars.

"This is another example of how our officers have prevented dangerous class A drugs from ending up on the streets of the UK"