NCA uncovers almost 400 kilograms of heroin hidden in bathrobes

Courtesy: National Crime Agency Approximately 398 kilograms of heroin have been uncovered in one of the UK's largest ever seizures of the drug, after National Crime Agency (NCA) intelligence identified a container vessel on its way to Antwerp, Belgium. It was stopped at Felixstowe on August 1 and the following day Border Force officers and the NCA removed a container in which approximately 398 kilograms of heroin was concealed within a towels and bathrobes. The drugs would be worth at least £9m to organised criminals selling the whole consignment at wholesale, and at least £40m at street level in the UK and other European countries. After the heroin was removed, the container continued its journey - under police surveillance - and Dutch Police arrested two people when it was taken to Rotterdam. The NCA simultaneously arrested a man from Bromsgrove who is currently being questioned by NCA officers.