A member of the public came across an extraordinary discovery while out for a walk after stumbling across £50m ($62m) of cocaine washed up on a beach in Norfolk, police say.
Bricks of the suspected class A drug were found inside a number of holdalls on Hopton Beach near Great Yarmouth on Friday (10th February).
Police say the next morning a small number of packages also thought to contain cocaine were discovered separately further up the coast at another beach near Caister.
The discoveries, said to total 360kg of cocaine, are being investigated by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Matthew Rivers, from the NCA's border investigation team, said: "We are now working with Border Force, the Coastguard Agency and Norfolk Police to try and establish how the bags ended up where they did, however, it is extremely unlikely that this was their intended destination.
"This is obviously a substantial seizure of class A drugs, and its loss will represent a major blow to the organised criminals involved."
Superintendent Dave Buckley, from Norfolk Constabulary, added: "We are assisting the National Crime Agency with their searches and whilst we believe we have recovered all the packages, should any member of the public find one they are urged to contact Norfolk Constabulary immediately on 101. We will have extra officers in the area to monitor the situation."
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