A Serbian lorry driver was caught trying to smuggling £5m worth of cocaine into the UK hidden with a load of frozen pizzas. Vladan Petrovic's haul was discovered when warehouse workers in Heywood became suspicious of what was in his lorry, police said.
Officers then found 50 individual 1kg blocks of the class A drug split between his HGV trailer and a holdall in his cabin. The drugs had an estimated street value of between £4 million and £5 million. READ MORE:Drug dealers led police on terrifying chase through village armed with machete Police said Petrovic, 40, started his journey in Italy, where his refrigerated HGV trailer was legitimately loaded with a shipment of frozen pizzas.
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