Thursday, 17. April 2008
Topic: DRUGS - on April 17, 2008 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Drug boat haul enough for one spliff per person in UK
A boat which docked in the UK last week was carrying cannabis with a street value of more than £40m, enough to make a joint for every single person in the country, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) said today.
Customs and law enforcement officers seized the Abbira, a 30-metre ocean-going tug, when it arrived at Southampton a week ago. It was moved to Portsmouth where a search recovered 14.5 tonnes of cannabis resin in 419 blocks.
"With a wholesale price of £875 per kg, this cannabis was worth around £2.5m to the importer, and offered a potential profit of around £1m through onward wholesale distribution," a spokesman said.
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