The private jet arrived on Monday from Colombia, a country notorious for cocaine production

Cocaine with an estimated street value of more than £50m has been seized from a private jet in Hampshire.

Border Force officers found half a tonne (500kg) of the drug in suitcases after a flight from Bogota, Colombia, to Farnborough Airport on Monday.

Five men – two British, two Spanish and an Italian – were arrested on suspicion of importing Class A drugs.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the seizure was one of the largest flown into the UK « for many years ».

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More information: ROYAUME UNI (aéroport de Farnborough): les agents du HM Customs-Excise saisissent 500 kilos de coke dans un jet privé du Hampshire. en provenance de Bogota

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