News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: Wire: Five Million Pounds Of Heroin Seized In Dover |
Title: | UK: Wire: Five Million Pounds Of Heroin Seized In Dover |
Published On: | 2000-11-25 |
Source: | Reuters |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 01:33:39 |
FIVE MILLION POUNDS OF HEROIN SEIZED IN DOVER
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - British police and customs officers have seized
heroin with a street value of more than five 5 million pounds ($7.03
million) after a car was stopped at the port of Dover.
Sixty kilos of heroin were found in a Mercedes car which came in by ferry
from the Belgian port of Ostend, customs officials said on Saturday.
Four Belgians -- two men in their 40s and two women -- were arrested. The
drugs were hidden in three bags.
Belgian police helped British police and customs in the operation which led
to the seizure of the drugs.
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - British police and customs officers have seized
heroin with a street value of more than five 5 million pounds ($7.03
million) after a car was stopped at the port of Dover.
Sixty kilos of heroin were found in a Mercedes car which came in by ferry
from the Belgian port of Ostend, customs officials said on Saturday.
Four Belgians -- two men in their 40s and two women -- were arrested. The
drugs were hidden in three bags.
Belgian police helped British police and customs in the operation which led
to the seizure of the drugs.
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