British authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama, authorities said Saturday, calling it one of the U.K.'s biggest drug busts in years.

LONDON (AP) — British authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama, authorities said Saturday, calling it one of the U.K.’s biggest drug busts in years.

Cocaine with a street value of almost £100m has been seized by Border Force officers in "one of the largest drugs busts of the past decade". The shipment was intercepted earlier this month on a container vessel arriving at London Gateway port from Panama.