Three men and a woman were arrested when officers swooped at the depot in Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton, last week.
Nearly £80 million worth of cocaine was found hidden at a warehouse in a police force’s biggest ever haul of Class A drugs.
Cops were responding to reports of a theft from a delivery lorry when they made the shocking discovery. Holdalls filled with blocks of cocaine were first uncovered, followed by an abandoned van containing bags full of drugs.Detective Superintendent Emma James said: ‘This is the biggest seizure of Class A drugs by Northamptonshire Police.
‘In total we’ve recovered 780kg of cocaine which, following forensic analysis, has been moved out of the county.‘This was a large-scale transportation of Class A drugs and our investigation will be looking at who was responsible for bringing it into Northamptonshire and what their plans were for distributing it.
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