Is UK corrupt? Cocaine worth £184m found in London!
The ex-governor’s statement had angered Virgin Islanders, who were already perturbed over his statements on reparations and preserving names of landmarks honouring perpetrators of slavery, statements some considered racist.
2.3 tonnes of cocaine was imported from Columbia
As recent as Sunday, February 14, 2021, cocaine worth up to £184 million was seized in the UK after it was imported from Colombia in a consignment of bananas.
According to several UK publications, including PA Media, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said the seizure of around 2.3 tonnes of the Class A drug is believed to be one of the largest ever in the UK.
Ten men, aged between 21 and 56, were arrested following an armed raid at an industrial estate in Tottenham, north London, on Thursday, February 18, 2021, after the delivery of 41 pallets.
Dramatic footage, according to the UK publication, shows firearms officers, wearing helmets and gas masks, smash down the door before raiding the building, which contains stacked boxes of bananas.
The cocaine had already been removed by Border Force officers at Portsmouth International Port on Sunday after the consignment arrived on a cargo ship from Colombia the previous day.
The NCA, which carried out the investigation with the Metropolitan Police under the Organised Crime Partnership, said the drugs could have been worth £184 million if sold on UK streets.
‘UK’s biggest ever seizures of cocaine’
The Met’s Detective Superintendent Simon Moring said: “This operation is a great example of partnership working between the Met, NCA and Border Force, which resulted in one of the UK’s biggest ever seizures of cocaine – around 2.3 tonnes.
“We know there is an inextricable link between drugs and violence – that is why tackling the importation and supply of drugs is a crucial part of our work to reduce violent crime in London,” Moring said.
John Coles, head of specialist operations at the NCA, said: “The numbers here speak for themselves; this is a massive seizure which has denied organised criminals hundreds of millions in profits, and is the result of a targeted investigation conducted jointly by the NCA and Met Police.
“The NCA is focused on disrupting the organised crime groups posing the most significant risk to the UK, which includes those involved in class A drug supply.
2 major cocaine busts were made in Essex late 2020
The historic drug bust in the UK reminds of the more than a tonne of cocaine, worth £100 million, found hidden in a shipment of banana pulp in Essex back in November 2020.
According to the UK publication, Evening Standard, the 1,060 kilograms of concealed cocaine were discovered hidden in a shipping container as part of routine inspections by Border Force at the London Gateway depot in Essex.
The discovery on November 12, 2020, had marked the second-largest shipment of cocaine to be discovered at the Essex port in the space of two months.
Corruption label was part of CoI scheme?
Meanwhile, many believe the labeling of the Virgin Islands as having systematic corruption after the drug bust in November 2020 was part of Mr Jaspert’s scheme to try to justify calling the Commission of Inquiry in January 2021, mere days after he demitted the Governor’s Office.
Just like when the drug bust was made, detailed information about the Commission of Inquiry was splashed menacingly across newspapers across the UK, even before the local media was able to get proper information.
Many saw this as an attempt to tarnish the reputation of the Virgin Islands on the international scene and to get UK’s Government and public support to intervene into the governing affairs of the territory.
According to political pundits, the main reason behind the CoI is because the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government of Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has been pushing a narrative of independence at a time when the territory is due for constitutional review and the CoI is a tool to keep the colonialist status quo.
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45 Responses to “Is UK corrupt? Cocaine worth £184m found in London!”
Down with the oppressors
This is part of the reason why the U.K. and US are trying to crack down on lawless countries like the BVI which facilitate the smuggling. The drugs found in the BVI are not for the BVI - they are destined to other countries. Where did the U.K. drugs come from - Columbia. But drugs into the US - BVI on the list of suspicious countries.
What a silly comparison, a diversion from what’s happening here.
Drug busts in a country doesn't make it corrupt now does it Gus?
All the British citizens looking to avoid paying taxes doesn't make the country itself corrupt now does it Gus?
We need to stop point fingers in direction of the small man alone ...it those that gain not them being payed as mule ...one brick of coke in south America probably worth 2000.00 the most iwen reach the Caribbean probably between the islands 8 to 12 the most then wen the her final destination it 35000.00 a brick and that wholesale..now do your common sense and the math ..then ask who is all in this curption wen drugs got no passport and authority....hmmm lord it only the small man... everything in this world there teach us tell us or make apare to be everything it a lie..
UK is not corrupt.
There are drug dealers in BVI using the system of Governmnt.
There are drug dealers in UK using the system of Government.
UK & BVI is one country,with one Monachy,with one Sovereignty with one British nationality with one British passport;under one Constitution for the Governor;for the members of the HoA,with UK parliament and BVI parliament mentioning that UK is the supreme ruler.There is corruption in BVI and in UK.
So what?
It refers to dishonest or fraudulent conduct BY THOSE IN POWER. It does not mean drug trafficking. Drug trafficking unfortunately happens all over the world, but for a police officer to have huge quantities of drugs in their possession, is a different matter. That is what the corruption accusation is about. It points to a serious problem with those who are supposed to be enforcing the law.... but appear instead to be breaking it in a very significant way.