Parcels of hallucinogen seized by border officers
Packages of a powerful hallucinogenic drug have been intercepted in Coventry by UK Border Agency officers based at the city's postal hub.
Fifteen separate packages of DMT totalling over 125 kilos have been seized in the past few months.
皇冠体育app parcels were sent from countries in South America and were destined for addresses across the UK. Local police forces are investigating.
Powerful halluncinogen
Also known as Dimethyltryptamine,聽DMT聽is a powerful hallucinogenic drug. Its effects can聽be rapid and intense with聽users reporting unpleasant emotional effects lasting for days afterwards.
Home Office minister James Brokenshire said: 鈥楧MT is very dangerous which is why it is banned as a Class A drug.
鈥楢s I saw in Latin America recently, I know that our drive to tackle drugs doesn鈥檛 stop at the border. Police and border staff are working day in day out to stop illegal drugs like DMT coming to Britain鈥檚 streets.鈥�
Border officers monitor post
UK Border Agency officers based at the UK鈥檚 postal hubs use a combination of hi-tech scanning equipment and intelligence to spot drugs, weapons and other contraband.
Chris Bagley, in charge of聽 UK Border Agency operations at Coventry International Postal Hub, added: 鈥榃e will continue to prevent drugs being smuggled into the UK and will pass on intelligence to the police and other enforcement agencies to ensure that the smugglers are put behind bars.鈥�