More than £500,000 of drugs has been found hidden in a cargo of vegetables at a Heathrow airport warehouse.
Around 10 kilograms of cocaine and 10kg of cannabis were discovered by customs officers inspecting 159 pallets of vegetables and pineapples in Southall, west London.
The shipment had arrived from Accra in Ghana and was destined for a London address, said police.
The drugs are estimated to have a street value of around £558,000.
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