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Heroin worth £38.8 million was found stashed inside crates of pomegranate juice. Polyacrylamide Flocculant
The Class A drug, which weighed 2.6 tonnes, was discovered at Southampton Docks on Tuesday in a shipping container.
It was confirmed to be heroin after the liquid turned from purple to red following testing by experts.
A trap was then set to allow the container to continue its journey to an industrial premises in Birmingham.
National Crime Agency Officers arrested three suspects as they began to unload the cargo.
A fourth man was arrested at a residential address in Alum Rock, Birmingham.
All four suspects have been released on bail.
Derek Evans, NCA branch commander, said: 'The Class A drug trade is a scourge to society and this seizure goes a significant way to helping to protect the public.
'Drugs are inextricably linked with organised crime groups and the use of serious violence which can often spill over wrecking the lives of innocent victims and their families.
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'The NCA works at home and abroad to do everything it can to stop heroin coming into the UK and damaging our communities.'
Meanwhile, seagulls have been reportedly helping the police by swooping on stashes belonging to drug users.
The birds have taken a particular liking to a group of synthetic cannabinoids known as ‘spice’.
Surprisingly enough, there’s been very little research into the synthetic narcotics’ effects on seagulls.
Incidents of the birds swooping down to nick users’ stashes of the drug have apparently been reported in Hastings, East Sussex, Margate and Kent, as well as cities including London, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool, according to the Daily Star.
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