{"id":142570,"date":"2023-10-23T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142570"},"modified":"2023-10-23T22:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T22:00:34","slug":"armed-police-patrol-sussex-beach-after-a-haul-of-cocaine-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/armed-police-patrol-sussex-beach-after-a-haul-of-cocaine-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police patrol Sussex beach after a haul of cocaine discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Armed police patrol Sussex beach after a haul of cocaine washes ashore on the South Coast for the fourth time this month<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Armed police sealed off section of beach in Goring after \u00a32million of drug found<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A black holdall containing as much as 30kg of cocaine has washed up on a beach \u2013 the fourth time huge quantities of drugs have landed on the South Coast this month.<\/p>\n<p>Armed police and the coastguard yesterday sealed off a large section of the shore in Goring, West Sussex, after a member of the public found the bag containing more than \u00a32million worth of the class A drug.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a fisherman found hundreds of kilos of cocaine floating in the sea close to Durdle Door, Dorset, on October 2. A team of litter-pickers stumbled upon a second batch on a beach on the west coast of the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n<p>On October 12, armed police cordoned off the beach at Ferring, west of Worthing, when dozens of black-and-turquoise packages marked \u2018POPI\u2019 containing \u00a31.2million of cocaine washed up on the shore.<\/p>\n<p>More of the sealed parcels were found scattered on nearby beaches in Felpham and Middleton the following day. A further batch was found in Selsey last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/22\/76909599-12663641-image-a-38_1698094986142.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Armed police and coastguards sealed off a section of beach in Goring yesterday after a bag was discovered on the shore containing \u00a32million worth of cocaine<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/22\/76909597-12663641-image-a-39_1698094989813.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The vast haul of drugs is believed to be part of a consignment dumped by smugglers in the Solent earlier this month<\/p>\n<p>The vast haul of drugs is believed to be part of a consignment dumped by smugglers in the Solent earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>A witness said the black bag found yesterday looked identical to the holdalls from the previous cocaine discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The police quickly bagged it up and whipped it off the beach at about 11am,\u2019 they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There were eight armed officers who helped seal the beach off.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d heard it was about 30kg or so. It was definitely the same bag as the load found in Middleton and the Isle of Wight.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sussex Police warned members of the public not to touch or remove any other packages they discover on the beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/21\/76540001-0-Writer_David_Jones_with_what_is_believed_to_be_cocaine_at_Bright-a-37_1698094342163.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Writer David Jones with what is believed to be cocaine at Brightstone on the Isle of Wight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman said: \u2018Police were called to Goring on Monday morning following reports of suspected drugs washing up on the beach.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He added the packages will be taken for forensic testing along with those found at the other locations while investigators work to find the source of the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Following the discoveries made earlier this month, the National Crime Agency confirmed that initial testing indicated the substance found was cocaine originating in South America.<\/p>\n<p>Senior investigating officer Tracey Lake said: \u2018A loss of a consignment of this size would represent a significant hit to the criminal networks involved.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dogwalker Kayt Wolfe, who saw some of the packages washed up on the Isle of Wight, said people had asked her why she did not keep some of the narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It never crossed my mind. I just wanted it safely removed from the beach,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12663641\/Armed-police-patrol-Sussex-beach-haul-cocaine-washes-ashore-South-Coast-fourth-time-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed police patrol Sussex beach after a haul of cocaine washes ashore on the South Coast for the fourth time this month Armed police sealed off section of beach in Goring after \u00a32million of drug found A black holdall containing as much as 30kg of cocaine has washed up on a beach \u2013 the fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Armed police patrol Sussex beach after a haul of cocaine discovered - 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