British authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama, authorities said Saturday, calling it one of the U.K.’s biggest drug busts in years.
The drugs, valued at 96 million pounds ($132 million), were found under containers on a vessel at London Gateway port, east of the British capital. The shipment was discovered after what officials said was an intelligence-led operation.
Britain’s interior ministry, the Home Office, said it was the sixth-largest cocaine seizure on record.
Is the UK small enough that large busts like this are actually felt by the end user? I always used to see articles of huge drug busts in America when I survived off cocain, cigarettes and unlimited ambition but never saw any actual bottlenecks or shortages resulting from them. US has 300-400 million people who could be a drug dealer. When you compare that to the UK’s potential drug dealer pool of less than 75 million people, do the UK end user drug users feel the affects of big busts?
Edit: I also would like to know from any Janet Reno party enthusiasts from the UK, is cocaine the pinnacle of sought after drugs? It seems like it would be the hardest to procure logistically. Unless, do they grow and produce coke in Africa? Serious question, I’ve only ever heard of sources from Central/South America. Opium based drugs you guys get comes from middle east and Asia, right? You guys would have similar obstacles as any 1st world country for manufactured drugs like e, molly, meth, fentanyl, right? Ill get accross the pond to visit someday, its always been on my bucket list but I used to say id never take a vacation there because id never come back so its always been a big desire that was too big to take on. So I apologize for the ignorance.