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Opium smuggling bid foiled at Dover

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 15:10, 27 October 2011

Dover Port from the Western Heights

Opium with a street value of more than £160,000 has been seized at Dover.

Border Agency officers swooped on a Bulgarian-registered coach at the inward tourist controls at the port.

During a search of the vehicle on Monday they found a holdall containing 8kg of opium.

Ivan Gocev, a 28-year-old Bulgarian coach driver, appeared at Folkestone Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with drug smuggling.

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He is due before Dover magistrates next Thursday.

Investigations by the UK Border Agency into the attempted importation continue.

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