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Largest class A drugs haul worth £450 million found in banana shipment at port

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The largest-ever haul of class A drugs, worth an estimated £450 million, has been seized from a load of bananas at Southampton Port. The National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force seized 5.7 tonnes of cocaine found in a container carrying the fruit from South America on February 8. The NCA has said the illicit drugs were heading to the Port of Hamburg in Germany for onward delivery.

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