Police have confirmed numerous bags full of drugs discovered washed up on a beach in Wales contained a huge cocaine supply worth around £42 million. Packages which were suspected to be illegal drugs were uncovered at two locations a couple of weeks ago near Aberystwyth, Wales Online reports.
On October 1, a member of the public discovered 30 black bags washed up at Tan-y-Bwlch Beach while out a walk. The man informed police the pile of bags were all conjoined together with rope and intermixed with plastic jugs which is believed to have been placed there to keeps the bags above water.
Officers later confirmed the contents of the bags were all understood to be cocaine and they reported it was an 'unusually large amount' of the illegal drug that they had found. Dyfed Powys Police said that forensic work continues, but the haul is believed to be cocaine weighing around 1,200 kilos, which would amount to a wholesale value of around £42m.
