5 million pounds of heroin shipped as chilli powder: "Heroin worth more than 5 million pounds has been seized by the UK Border Agency at the Port of Felixstowe, the biggest detection of the drug in the UK this year.

The estimated 80 kg of heroin had been shipped to the UK from Asia in a single container listed as chilli powder, official sources said.

Attention was drawn to the shipment by a discrepancy in the paperwork and the container was selected for further examination.

When officers opened the doors they found 600 sacks, each containing 20kg of red chilli powder. Initial examination identified an inconsistency in the weight of one of the sacks"

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