Dog walker finds a whopping £3million worth of cocaine in Cornish Bay

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A dog walker in Cornwall made a surprising discovery on Saturday morning when he came across a bag of cocaine worth more than £3 million.

The Class A drugs had washed up at Trevaunance Cove in St Agnes in a black travel bag containing around 40kg of the white powder.

The find has got locals talking, with one local resident telling the Mail: “It’s been the talk of the village this weekend. It’s a very gossipy place anyway, but when something so unusual happens, all the more .”

The beach where the drugs were discovered is known for its popularity among dog walkers and holidaymakers. Even outside the high season, the area attracts a diverse crowd.

Trevaunance Bay

The Class A drugs had washed up at Trevaunance Cove

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Locals told the Mail: “As well as the coach parties and honeymooners who tend to come here at this time of year, there are lots of locals.

“St Agnes has a strong community with fewer second home brigades here than in other nearby locations.”

A photo taken outside the Schooners bar, overlooking the bay, showed a police officer speaking to members of the public near the bag, while a lifeguard kept an eye on the beach.

Devon and Cornwall Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

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Trevaunance Cove in St Agnes

Police were seen speaking to the public about the discovery at the bay

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Inspector Rachel Manifield, the force’s incident manager, said: “We are currently carrying out searches along the coast between Padstow and Holywell Bay as part of an ongoing investigation.”

Police thanked the public for their support and asked them to avoid the area during the searches.

Manifield added that the operation is not expected to last long.

The RNLI confirmed that the crew at St Agnes station were not involved in Saturday’s incident and had referred all questions to police.

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The RNLI confirmed that the St Agnes station crew were not involved in Saturday’s incident

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But authorities – including international forces such as Interpol – are trying to determine the origins of the cocaine and how it ended up on the Cornish coast.

Some theories posit that the illicit goods could have been dumped overboard by drug smugglers, or accidentally fallen off the side of a boat while traversing bad weather.

The cocaine trade in Britain is a major problem, with the National Crime Agency estimating that criminal gangs earn around £4 billion a year from the domestic market.

The illegal trade is closely linked to serious violence, including gun and knife crime.

In February, authorities in the UK made what is believed to be the largest ever seizure of Class A drugs, with 5.7 tonnes of cocaine seized in Southampton.

The loot, hidden in a shipment of bananas from South America, had an estimated street value of more than £450 million.

Similar incidents of drugs washing ashore have occurred elsewhere. In February 2017, cocaine worth £50 million was found on two Norfolk beaches, while almost £800,000 worth of cocaine washed up on the Florida coast last month following Tropical Storm Debby.

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