British border officials have seized around five tonnes of cocaine, with a street value of some £400 million (US$540 million), at one of London’s main port terminals, the government said on Saturday.

The drugs were uncovered in a series of operations at London Gateway port in February and March, with the largest single haul, of almost 2,800 packets hidden in a banana shipment, weighing in at around three tonnes.

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