Border agents in the United Kingdom have seized about five tons of cocaine at a single port in just under a month, the country’s Home Office said on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The drugs are estimated to be worth over \u00a3400 million, or about $538 million, the agency said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The drugs were seized at London Gateway, a deep-sea container port about 30 miles from London. It is the second-largest port in England and handles large container ships.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Home Office said “criminal gangs attempted to evade detection” by hiding drugs in other cargo, including inside a banana shipment and on a vat of South American wine. Photos show the drugs inside cargo containers and inside shipments, as well as spread out on a building floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n