'It is despicable to think they would try and exploit the current situation in this way,' a Border Force director said.
Drug smugglers attempted to transport 1 million British pounds worth of cocaine into the United Kingdom hidden with a shipment of protective face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday.
Face masks and other personal protective equipment have been in short supply globally as hospitals and governments have struggled to secure shipments of the necessary supplies for doctors and nurses treating patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. It appears the drug smugglers attempted to take advantage of this situation in a bid to get their product into the U.K.
A police officer opens a 1 kg cocaine brick shown during a press conference in Lisbon, Portugal on March 5"This seizure shows the lengths drug smugglers will go to. It is despicable to think they would try and exploit the current situation in this way to get their dangerous drugs on to the U.K.
"This seizure is further evidence of the way criminal networks are attempting to exploit the coronavirus outbreak to their own ends, covering this load of drugs with what would seem like vital protective equipment," NCA Dover branch operations manager Darren Herbert said, according to the"We are now investigating who was behind this attempt, but what is clear is that they have taken a substantial hit," Herbert added, noting the street value of the drugs.
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