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Two charged after 'smuggling £3million of cocaine' into UK during coronavirus lockdown

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Two men have been charged with conspiracy to import Class A drugs after cocaine worth £3 million was discovered in a secret compartment in a lorry that had come by ferry from France to Dover.

The National Crime Agency said lorry driver Gary Sloan, 50, from Magheralin in Northern Ireland, and Jason Bunce, 57, from Kingswood in Kent, were appearing at Canterbury Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

A 40-year-old man from Dover, who was detained at a haulage yard in the town, has been released under investigation. At least 36 kilogrammes of cocaine was recovered by NCA investigators and Border Force officers in the operation on Thursday night.

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