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UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 (Dover port) : A haul of 20 firearms, 320 rounds of ammunition and 170kg of ketamine were recovered from a heavy goods vehicle

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National Crime Agency officers are investigating after Border Force colleagues stopped the heavy goods vehicle on Monday 23 June.

Among the haul, officers also discovered more than 4,000 MDMA pills hidden in the Lithuanian registered HGV.

NCA investigators estimate the street value of the ketamine would have been around ÂŁ4.5 million, and ÂŁ40,000 for the MDMA pills.

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The firearms will be tested by NCA experts, but are believed to be viable pistols. 

The driver, a 34-year-old Tajikistan national, was arrested on suspicion of smuggling the illegal items.

He has since been released from custody on bail as enquiries continue. 

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