Cocaine found hidden in Gatwick Airport pallet rope Published duration 18 November 2014

image copyright Home Office image caption The Class A drug was discovered stuffed inside the rope

Cocaine with an estimated street value of more than £500,000 has been discovered at Gatwick Airport hidden within rope used to secure a pallet.

The pallet of imported food, which included yams and sweet potatoes, had arrived on a flight from Jamaica.

Border Force officials said it was a "sophisticated" bid to smuggle 28lb (13kg) of the Class A drug into the UK.