Border Force seizes 430 kg of cannabis at Harwich port
Border Force officers found about 430 kg of cannabis in a lorry trailer that arrived at Harwich on a ferry from the Hook of Holland on 4 April 2013. Two Dutch men were arrested and bailed while investigations continued.
Border Force officers seized about 430 kg of cannabis at the Port of Harwich
shortly after 5.30am on Thursday 4 April 2013.[1][2]The drug was found in the
trailer of a lorry that had arrived at the port on a ferry from the Hook of
Holland.[1][2]
Border Force valued the seizure at more than £1.7 million.[1][2]Two Dutch
men, aged 72 and 48, were arrested on suspicion of illegally importing a Class B
drug and were bailed until 13 May while investigations continued.[1][2]Charlotte Mann of Border Force said the seizure had stopped a sizeable amount of
cannabis reaching the streets of Britain.[1][2]
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