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WATCH: The moment firearms officers made the arrests following the seizure of drugs in Portsmouth
Cocaine worth up to £184 million has been seized after it arrived in Portsmouth from Colombia in a consignment of bananas.
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. Credit: PA
Ten men, aged between 21 and 56, were arrested following an armed raid at an industrial estate in Tottenham, north London, on Thursday after the delivery of 41 pallets.
Dramatic footage shows firearms officers, wearing helmets and gas masks, smash down the door before raiding the building, which contains stacked boxes of bananas.