The British authorities confiscated cocaine on a ship that came from Panama. Drugs were discovered under containers on the ship at the London Gateway port, east of the capital of Great Britain.
According to data from the British Ministry of the Interior, this is the sixth largest confiscation of cocaine in the history of the country. According to the National Agency for Combating Crime, Great Britain is one of the largest cocaine markets in Europe. At the same time, according to the government's data, the number of deaths related to the use of cocaine in England and Wales increased by 31 percent. between 2022 and 2023
