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Cannabis worth £1.6m found after Essex police called to herbal tea theft reports

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 20:11
200kg of the drug was reportedly hidden amongst packets of tea in a lorry

Police uncovered a £1.6 million haul of drugs after being called to reports of a man trying to steal herbal tea.

Essex Police were alerted to three men said to be acting suspiciously around a parked lorry.

When officers got to Josselin Road, Basildon, they arrested one man seen carrying two boxes of what he thought was herbal tea from the back of the vehicle. Two other suspects ran off.

 

It was only on closer inspection that the officers discovered 200kg of herbal cannabis hidden among the packets of tea, Essex Police said.

Further investigations traced the rest of the tea consignment to a distribution centre where a further 150kg of cannabis was found.

Detective Sergeant Mike Wilkinson said: "A significant haul of cannabis has been taken off the streets.

"We are continuing our inquiries

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