{"id":232207,"date":"2025-07-02T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232207\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:30:09","slug":"uk-border-force-seizes-record-shipment-at-london-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232207\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Border Force Seizes Record Shipment at London Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the UK\u2019s largest drug seizures of the past decade, UK Border Force officers have seized cocaine with an estimated street value of \u00a396 million (USD 130 million) at London Gateway port.<\/p>\n<p>BBC, citing Border Force officials, reported that the massive 2.4-tonne haul was discovered earlier late last month on a unidentified containership arriving from Panama. The operation required officials to move 37 large containers at the Stanford-le-Hope facility to locate the illicit cargo.<\/p>\n<p>Officials confirmed this represents the UK\u2019s sixth largest cocaine seizure since record-keeping began. The drugs were intercepted following what officials described as an \u201cintelligence-led operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interception strikes a significant financial and operational blow against the organised crime groups behind its importation and is an example of an intelligence driven outcome to disrupt criminal supply chains,\u201d the Border Force said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Eastaugh, Border Force\u2019s maritime director, highlighted the organization\u2019s ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking: \u201cThis seizure \u2013 one of the largest of its kind \u2013 is just one example of how dedicated Border Force maritime officers remain one step ahead of the criminal gangs who threaten our security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than ever before, we are using intelligence and international law enforcement co-operation to disrupt and dismantle your operations,\u201d Eastaugh added. He also mentioned ongoing training programs across Latin America aimed at preventing drugs from reaching British shores.<\/p>\n<p>Government minister Seema Malhotra reinforced the UK\u2019s commitment to fighting drug trafficking, describing such operations as crucial in combating \u201corganised crime gangs inflicting addiction, misery and death upon Britain\u2019s communities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/wp-content\/themes\/gCaptain-Theme\/assets\/images\/gcaptain-new-gray-logo.svg\" alt=\"logo\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tSubscribe for Daily Maritime Insights<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for gCaptain\u2019s newsletter and never miss an update<\/p>\n<p>        \u2014 trusted by our 109,140 members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of the UK\u2019s largest drug seizures of the past decade, UK Border Force officers have seized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,91141,393,4884,257,89793,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-232207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-drug-smuggling","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-london-gateway","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114784123269150820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}