Largest Uk Heroin Seizure in Felixstowe,Suffolk #StreetNews

Nearly 1.3 tonnes of the class A drug were recovered from a container ship, the MV Gibraltar, after it docked at the port of Felixstowe on 30 August. National Crime Agency intelligence had ascertained that the heroin would be on the vessel when it docked in the UK en route to Antwerp. The record haul would be worth around £27 million to organised criminals at wholesale, and in excess of £120 million at street level, where it is typically supplied via county lines dealing. The ship arrived on 30th August,