The mammoth haul – containing 39 kilogrammes of cocaine and 18kg of heroin – had...

Published: 6:41 pm December 11, 2023
Updated: 11:23 am October 8, 2025
Millions of pounds worth of imported Class A drugs were found hidden inside a pallet load of raspberry sorbet

The mammoth haul – containing 39 kilogrammes of cocaine and 18kg of heroin – had been unloaded and stored at a frozen food warehouse unit in Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire.

The consignment – believed to be the biggest drugs seizure in Nottinghamshire for many years – was stowed in a lorry trailer after 26 pallets of frozen yoghurt ice cream had been collected from a factory in Wellens, Belgium.

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