2 Tonnes Of Cocaine Worth $221 Million Seized Off UK Coast In Massive Bust

British authorities said they arrested six people on Thursday evening after discovering the drugs on a Jamaican-flagged yacht sailing from the Caribbean.

UK authorities have seized over 2 tonnes of cocaine in a raid on a luxury yacht off the coast of southern England, the National Crime Agency said Saturday. British authorities said they arrested six people on Thursday evening after discovering the drugs with an estimated street value of 160 million pound sterling ($221 million) on a Jamaican-flagged yacht sailing from the Caribbean. One British man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking along with five Nicaraguans. The NCA released photographs of the drugs stored in black waterproof bags in the lounge of the docked Kahu yacht.