Border Force Officers have seized cocaine and heroin worth an estimated £7 million from an ice cream lorry at the port of Dover.

The inward freight controls at Dover's Eastern Docks discovered 90 kilos of cocaine and 63 kilos of heroin from a Dutch-registered lorry last Tuesday.

Officers searched the vehicle using a detector dog which showed interest in the rear of the lorry. The drugs were discovered in the bodywork.

The investigation is being carried out by the National Crime Agency and a 30-year-old man from the Netherlands has been bailed for three months while enquiries continue.

Paul Morgan, director of Border Force South East and Europe said: “Seizures like this demonstrate how Border Force officers are at the forefront of the fight to keep illegal drugs and other banned substances out of the UK.

“Working with law enforcement colleagues like the NCA we are determined to do all we can to prevent drug trafficking and put those responsible behind bars.”

Border Force officers use search techniques including sniffer dogs, carbon dioxide detectors, heartbeat monitors and scanners as well as visual searches.

They help to find well-hidden stowaways, illegal drugs, firearms and tobacco.

Anyone with information about activity they suspect may be linked to smuggling is asked to call the smuggling hotline on 0800 59 5000.