Men arrested after £80m cocaine haul discovered hidden under shea butter Four men have been arrested after cocaine with a street value of £80 million was discovered under shea butter in a shipping container.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said men aged in their 30s, 40s and 60s were arrested at an address in Merrington, Shropshire, on Wednesday after 847.50 kilograms of the class A drug was recovered.
NCA operations manager David Phillips said: “The NCA works tirelessly with partners at home and abroad to protect the public from the threat of class A drugs which cause devastation to communities across the UK.
It comes after Border Force searched the cargo at Tilbury Docks in Essex on December 23 last year, finding a cover load of shea butter.
Under the product were blocks of cocaine marked on the top and bottom with symbols including designer Polo Ralph Lauren’s logo and the Star of David.
