Passers-by in Britain found almost a ton of cocaine on the beach in the amount of 80 million pounds sterling (113.3 million US dollars), the authorities conduct an investigation, reports the National Crimination Agency (NCA) on its official website, reports “RIA Novosti “.
It is reported that waterproof packages with a substance attached to rescue vests, passers-by discovered on East Sussex county beaches and informed the local police about the find.
“NCA Start the investigation after the detection of almost tons of substance, presumably, cocaine, in two places on the East Sussex coast,” is reported in the NCA release. The agency noted that the samples took positive results on cocaine, in the future a complete criminalistic examination will be carried out.
NCA estimates, 960 kilograms of cocaine on the black market in monetary equivalent are approximately 80 million pounds of sterling (113.3 million dollars).
According to the departments, Cocaine could arrive in Britain from South America. It is reported that international partners will most likely contribute to the investigation.