A man was arrested in Northamptonshire in connection with a find of three cardboard boxes of class-A drugs worth more than two million pounds left outside a man's house, police said today.
Officers in Warwickshire recovered the boxes containing 52kg of class-A drugs from Birdingbury, near Rugby, in Warwickshire.
Police today said they had recovered the drugs last Thursday after a resident in the village contacted them to say three c
ardboard boxes had been left outside his house and he was suspicious of their contents.
Police went to the house and discovered a large quantity of drugs, namely cocaine, on the man's driveway. Another box was found nearby.
The estimated street value of the drugs is about two and a half million pounds.
The drugs were taken to a secure location outside Warwickshire.
Police immediately launched an investigation to locate the person who had abandoned the boxes.
On the same day, a 47-year-old man was arrested in Northamptonshire and taken into custody at Rugby Police station on suspicion of the possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply.
He was charged the following day with possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply.
Hassan Ceesay, of South East London, appeared at Nuneaton Magistrates last Saturday. He pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody to be sentenced at Warwick Crown Court at a date to be fixed.
Police today said they were continuing to investigate the incident and were liaising with the Metropolitan Police as the inquiry continues.
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