UK authorities seize more than two tonnes of cocaine in ‘one of largest’ busts | Drugs News

United Nations report says global cocaine trade thriving, with 25 million users around the world in 2023.

Border authorities in United Kingdom have seized cocaine with a street value of $132m from a ship arriving from Panama.

Border Force Maritime director Charlie Eastaugh said on Saturday that the massive haul of 2.4 tonnes of the drug seized at the London Gateway port near the capital was “one of the largest of its kind”.

UK’s Home Office confirmed that the haul, found under…