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£80m cocaine plot unravelled after lorry driver stopped at burger van

Police found 78kg of the class A drug in total

Covered by 2 sources from United Kingdom. First reported by Evening Standard ·

How 2 newspapers cover this story

  1. Evening StandardUnited KingdomFirst report

    £80m cocaine plot rumbled after gang took advantage of lorry driver’s tea break

    A gang of men were spotted removing packages from the vehicle, and police were called in.

    · Trio sentenced over £80m cocaine smuggling plot unravelled by lorry driver's pit stop

  2. The IndependentUnited Kingdom

    £80m cocaine plot unravelled after lorry driver stopped at burger van

    Police found 78kg of the class A drug in total

Coverage details

2 outlets from United Kingdom are covering this story: Evening Standard and The Independent. Evening Standard published it first, on November 4, 2026; the last outlet to join was The Independent, 2 hours later.

In total 3 articles have been published, because some outlets updated the story several times.

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