A POLICE and Border Force operation has stopped almost three tonnes of cocaine – worth £232 million – imported through a Thurrock port being distributed for saleThe huge seizure was made last Thursday (6 August) at London Gateway Port near Corringham as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. Acting on NCA intelligence, Border Force officers recovered the 2.9 tonne consignment which was hidden in a coverload of bananas from South America. The drugs were removed and the container allowed to be collected and later delivered to a location near Buntingford, Hertfordshire. NCA senior investigating officer Dave Phillips said: “This is a very significant seizure which has deprived the organised crime group behind it of huge profits. “The NCA will continue to combat the threat of Class A drugs with partners at home, such as Border Force, and further upstream in source and transit countries.”