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Border force seize Heathrow drugs

Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport seized 170 kilos of heroin found in a freight consignment on 21 May, the largest class A drugs detection so far this year at Heathrow. The drugs, with a street value of around £8.5 million, were found within 630 commercial boxes of fruit and nuts and were hidden in envelopes concealed in the outer cardboard box walls. Two men (aged 36 and 51) were ... [+]