rooster59 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Lines in the sand: $60 million worth of cocaine washes up on eastern English beach by Alistair Smout A law enforcement officer stands by holdalls containing cocaine that were washed up on Hopton Beach, near Great Yarmouth, Britain February 9, 2017. Photograph taken February 9, 2017. National Crime Agency/Handout via Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Over $60 million dollars' worth of cocaine in brightly colored holdalls has washed up on two beaches in eastern England, investigators said on Friday as they appealed for the public to keep a lookout for any more. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said it was examining the discoveries near the resort of Great Yarmouth, some 140 miles (200 km) northeast of London. The first holdalls were discovered on Thursday afternoon and more were found nearby on Friday. In all, around 360 kg of cocaine has been washed ashore in what the NCA called "a major blow to the organized criminals involved." "We are now ... trying to establish how the bags ended up where they did," said Matthew Rivers, from the NCA's border investigation team. "It is extremely unlikely that this was their intended destination." Police Superintendent Dave Buckley said he believed all the packages had now been recovered but appealed for anyone finding more to contact police immediately. "We will have extra officers in the area to monitor the situation," he cautioned. -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-02-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I am sure there will be a claim for missing luggage.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 1 hour ago, rooster59 said: "It is extremely unlikely that this was their intended destination." You think Sherlock? anyway, look like someone is about to lose his head over this fiasco..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Wonder what happened to the other 140kg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikeybkk Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 60 million....where u selling ur coke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie61 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 No worries, the owner will turn up and collect his lost property, I'm sure..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humqdpf Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 As if we ever needed proof that the cartels are numpties who could not run a regular business ever - they put the cocaine in good quality bags and each bag contains several million dollars worth of cocaine but they don't bother putting any GPS/trackers on any of the bags when they send them off to sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I used to live about 15 miles inland from there. Now why could'nt i be the lucky one walking the dog and finding that? Even just one holdall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 From the headline I envisaged the coke floating on the water, with lots of smiling fish nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepinlaos Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 18 hours ago, humqdpf said: As if we ever needed proof that the cartels are numpties who could not run a regular business ever - they put the cocaine in good quality bags and each bag contains several million dollars worth of cocaine but they don't bother putting any GPS/trackers on any of the bags when they send them off to sea. because of electronic surveillance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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