Cannabis with an estimated street value of £1million has been uncovered during routine checks on unaccompanied freight arrivals at the Port of Ramsgate.

The haul of around 500kg of cannabis resin was seized by UK Border Agency officers on Tuesday from a lorry that had arrived on a ferry from Ostend, Belgium.

The drugs were discovered within a mixed load and were disguised as a generator.

The concealment consisted of a large red box containing eight live car batteries wired so as to provide an electrical charge.

Beneath the batteries was a quantity of sand and the cannabis resin was hidden under the sand.

The case has been passed to HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) criminal investigators and enquiries are ongoing.

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