Commenting on the record number of drugs seized on entry to the UK last year, Minister for Migration and Citizenship Seema Malhotra said: ‘We are clear in our determination to protect the public from illegal drugs which pose a threat to people’s lives.
A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public.
A homeless charity in New Zealand distributed sweets in fruity wrappers which, unknown to them, contained a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine last summer.
It’s unclear exactly what share of illicit drug imports make it across Britain’s borders, but police and customs officials have several means of detecting them.. X-rays and sniffer dogs may pick them up in packages arriving in ports and on airplanes, while intelligence may expose plans before products arrive.
‘I’d like to thank our dedicated Border Force officers who work tirelessly to seize illegal drugs, alongside our police forces and NCA, who keep them off our streets and the public safe.
