Police uncovered £17 MILLION worth of ketamine hidden in sacks after pulling a van over on the East Lancs.

Officers from Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership (OCP), a team of investigators from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Merseyside Police, intercepted the van on the A580 in the Merseyside area on Tuesday afternoon (September 16).

In the back of the vehicle, the officers found 35 sacks filled with approximately 875kg of ketamine – worth an estimated £17m on the UK streets, the NCA said.

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A 46-year-old man from Liverpool, who was driving the van, was arrested and taken into custody to be questioned in connection with the discovery.

DCI Tony Roberts, of Merseyside OCP, said: “

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