ARMED police sealed off a beach after cocaine worth £1.2million washed up. They were alerted when dog walkers saw black and turquoise parcels marked “POPI” among the pebbles. Officers wearing face …
The cocaine, found on Ferring beach in West Sussex, is thought to be part of a consignment that smugglers dumped in the SolentArmed cops in face coverings sealed off the area while the haul of cocaine, thought to weigh 20kg, was recovered, said: “We thought there was a terrorist incident or something as suddenly all these police carrying guns stormed the beach.
The National Crime Agency believes more could still be floating around the south coast and said if anyone found any they should call police and not touch it.“At this time we believe we have recovered all the suspected drugs but the investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement remain vigilant to the possibility that further packages could be recovered.” It said the purity and quantity involved was still being established.
Angler Ron Rapp spotted packages waterproofed with bubble wrap near the Needles off the Isle of Wight. He said: “We saw seagulls sitting on something that looked like some sort of float but our suspicions were drawn.“An hour later, a police boat attended with blue flashing lights. They called it in and confirmed our suspicions.
“Then we actually managed to catch some fish so it wasn’t a bad day. But our biggest haul of the day was probably £1million of drugs.”The National Crime Agency believes more could still be floating around the south coast and said if anyone found any they should call police and not touch it.
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