NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY REMAINS TIGHT-LIPPED OVER DETAILS OF MASSIVE COCAINE FIND

The National Crime Agency is still not revealing exactly how much cocaine was found washed ashore on the Island’s beaches back in October. It was on 7th October 2023 that a significant quantity of high-purity cocaine was found scattered along the South Coast of the Isle of Wight, prompting a frantic multi-agency search to retrieve all of the Class A bundles. It came just days after a fisherman in Dorset found hundreds of kilos of cocaine floating in the sea in holdalls. Further discoveries were made throughout the month of October, including further along the coast in West Sussex. Although the National Crime Agency has confirmed they believe the drugs to originate from South America, they have not revealed how much cocaine has been recovered overall – or its street value. However, a senior investigating officer did say that the loss of a consignment of this size would represent a significant hit to the criminal networks involved. It’s thought that the haul is worth hundreds of millions of pounds, potentially making it one of the largest seizures in British history. The bundles of cocaine were taken via an Armed Police convoy to Cowes, where they were then taken by boat to the mainland. A spokesperson for the National Crime Agency says that further information is not being issued at this moment as the matter remains an ongoing investigation.