Criminals try to smuggle cocaine in face masks

The UK Home Secretary Priti Pate speaking in a press briefing said that last week Border Force found £1million worth of cocaine set to be smuggled into the UK through the channel tunnel hidden in boxes of face masks. She reassured the public that international action to shut drug supply lines continues.

The National Crime Agency helped to seize 700kg of heroin in Pakistan potentially bound for the United Kingdom, she told.

Ms Patel said that overall crime has decreased during lockdown but warned criminals that law enforcement is "onto you".

She told the briefing that law enforcement agencies were "adapting" during the outbreak, as criminals continued to "capitalize on this horrendous crisis".