31kg of cannabis from America found in Kettering post office
Staff noticed a suspicious smell from a package last month
More than 31kg of cannabis sent from the USA has been seized in Kettering after it was found at a post office.
Northamptonshire Police say staff noticed a suspicious smell coming from one of the packages they had taken receipt of on Thursday 30 October.
Oficers were called and found that the 21 packages in question contained 1.5kg of cannabis each, worth upwards of £315,000 in total.
The drugs were seized and destroyed.
PC Sam Orton who attended the incident said: “People often think that this sort of incident is victimless, but the fact is, this amount of cannabis will have involved serious and organised crime and most likely the exploitation of vulnerable people here and abroad.
“I’d like to thank the post office for acting so quickly to help us take these drugs off our streets and I hope this case sends a message to drug dealers that you cannot hide your criminal activities through our postal system.”