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02.07.2020 / 21:07
UK's 'biggest ever crime bust': 700-plus suspected crooks arrested and murder plots foiled as mountains of dirty cash, tonnes of drugs and dozens of guns seized by cops
hereNearly £650,000 in cash was found at a hoe in Kent last month and 280kg of pressed cocaine was discovered in a container in Purfleet, Essex, in May.The drugs have a street value of over £10m, police said.Home Secretary Priti Patel said of the string of arrests: "This operation demonstrates that criminals will not get away with using encrypted devices to plot vile crimes under the radar."The NCA's relentless targeting of these gangs has helped to keep us all safe."I congratulate them and law