More than a tonne of cannabis was seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway.[1] Officers discovered 1.1 tonnes of the Class B drug when they searched a container that had arrived at the port from Ghana.[1] The load had been manifested as sacks of corn husks and corn flour, but officers unloading the sacks found a heap of cardboard boxes buried underneath.[1]
All 42 boxes were stuffed with shrink-wrapped blocks of cannabis.[1] Border Force said the seizure was worth an estimated £2.3 million and had prevented a substantial quantity of illegal drugs from reaching the streets of the UK.[1] The account of the concealment and value was given by Border Force Assistant Director for London Gateway Mark Kennedy.[1]
The seizure was made on 12 September 2015.[1] The case was passed to the National Crime Agency, which continued to investigate.[1] Border Force said its officers use sniffer dogs, carbon dioxide detectors, heartbeat monitors, scanners and visual searches to find hidden drugs, firearms and tobacco.[1]
