Drug bust on ship nets record 1.3 tonnes of heroin

120m haul was removed by police at Felixstowe before container continued on to Netherlands, where four people were arrested

Heroin with a street value of more than 120m has been discovered hidden among towels and dressing gowns on board a container ship.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the haul weighing nearly 1.3 tonnes represented the largest ever seizure of the class A drug in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. It was recovered from a container on board the MV Gibraltar after it docked at Felixstowe on 30 August. The drugs were stored in packets labelled as protein powder, which were inside boxes filled with towels and dressing gowns.