Around 794lb (360kg) of cocaine with a potential value of £50 million has washed up on two beaches in Norfolk.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a number of holdalls were found at Hopton-on-Sea on Thursday, and a “small number of packages” were discovered at Caister-on-Sea on Friday.
But somehow, the internet took it as a sign that this was Netflix’s Narcos 3 in Great Yarmouth.
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Season 3 of Narcos had relocate from Norfolk.
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BBC News - £50m of cocaine found on Norfolk beaches
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£50m in cocaine just washed up on a norfolk beach.. Somebody is watching the news like "puta madre, cabron, coño" (turns off narcos).
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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.
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“This is obviously a substantial seizure of class A drugs, and its loss will represent a major blow to the organised criminals involved.”
A member of the public had alerted Norfolk Police to the holdalls at Hopton-on-Sea, and the separate find at a location near Caister-on-Sea forms part of the NCA investigation.
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NCA @NCA_UK says a member of public found the cocaine on Hopton Beach, near Great Yarmouth. More packages found near Caister.
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Superintendent Dave Buckley, of Norfolk Police, said: “We are assisting the National Crime Agency with their searches and while we believe we have recovered all the packages, should any member of the public find one they are urged to contact Norfolk Police immediately on 101.
“We will have extra officers in the area to monitor the situation.”
