drugs were discovered by border officers within a shipping container onboard a ship during a routine inspection. The cocaine, which weighed a total of 946kg, was suspected to have been placed in the cargo in Colombia and was originally bound for Antwerp in Belgium."This was drug smuggling on an industrial scale so I'm delighted that Border Force officers have prevented such a large quantity of dangerous goods from reaching our streets," Home Secretary Priti Patel said."Drugs devastate communities, line the pockets of serious criminals, and are a serious driver of the violence which ruin young lives right across the country."We are sending a strong signal to criminals in the UK and abroad seeking to smuggle drugs into or through the UK -.
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