Cocaine being smuggled to UK via sea drops, Border Force warns

Drug gangs are dropping millions of pounds of cocaine into the sea around Wales

The Border Force say the smuggling tactic is a 'significant and persistent threat'

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'Cocaine motherships' dropping drugs off UK coastline for gangs to collect

Cocaine found hidden among bananas on board a ship bound for the UK last year (Picture: PA) Drug smugglers have taken to fitting huge hauls of cocaine with trackers and leaving them to float at sea in efforts to beat authorities. The UK Border Force warned ‘at-sea-drop-offs’ (ASDOs) are now a ‘significant and persistent threat’. It says South American gangs are wrapping up tens of millions of pounds’ worth of cocaine at a time and fixing to devi…

South American cartels using sea drops to smuggle drugs into the UK

The drugs, worth tens of millions of pounds, are being wrapped in flotation devices fitted with GPS trackers, allowing UK-based dealers to retrieve them in a new smuggling technique

Cocaine being smuggled to UK via sea drops, Border Force warns

South American drug gangs are smuggling large amounts of cocaine into the UK in waterproof parcels fitted with trackers.

Cocaine dropped at sea for UK drug gangs to collect

Sophisticated smuggling operation has become ‘significant and persistent’ threat, Border Force admits