LOCALS in a seaside town say it’s getting “nasty” after £5million worth of cocaine started washing up on a beach.
Furious homeowners in Sussex and Hampshire say they have to dodge armed police officers while walking their dogs because packages of Class A drugs are found on the sand every day.
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Locals in the seaside town say it is being destroyed by bags of cocaine washed up on the beachCredit: Eddie Mitchell
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Hard drugs continue to wash ashore and police and coastguards are trying to get rid of themCredit: Eddie Mitchell
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A street value of around £5 million has been found so far Credit: Eddie Mitchell
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Pensioners are shocked that their home town is now a drug-trafficking hotspot Credit: Eddie Mitchell
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Officers seized around 100kg in waterproof packages Credit: Eddie Mitchell
Heavy drugs continue to wash ashore, and the police and coast guard seized 100 kg packed in waterproof bricks.
So far, a street value of around £5 million has been found with stunned locals struggling to come to terms with the fact that their retirement town is now a hotbed for drug trafficking.
Former engineer Steve Pritchard, 71, took his dog out to Goring Beach, Worthing, where armed officers were guarding 30kg of the drug washed in by the morning tide.
He told The Sun Online: “It probably fell off the freighter in the canal.
“Many more people have been on the beach walking their dogs since the first reports of the packages.
“But here all kinds of things can be washed away. Someone must be pushing it overboard.
“Someone’s in trouble.”
Angel Jameson, 80, who lives in nearby Goring, said the danger it posed to dogs and youngsters was the scariest thing.
She said: “I’m really shocked that it happened here.
“A dog could find one and tear it apart. What if a kid gets hold of one?
– Many elderly people live here and we are not used to this kind of thing.
Brian Parker, 86, said: “Nothing surprises me anymore.
“I was born and bred in Brighton, but we come here because we love nature.
“It has turned into a nasty world and where there is money, there are people after it.
“We never had anything like this when I was young.”
Police were called to Goring on Monday morning following reports that suspected drugs had washed up on the beach.
The packages will be taken for forensic examination along with substances found in Selsey on October 19, Middleton and Felpham on October 13 and Ferring on October 12.
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Locals have repeatedly seen police officers guarding drugs that have been washed away Credit: Eddie Mitchell
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Police were called to Goring on Monday morning following reports of suspected drugs Credit: Eddie Mitchell
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Packages will be taken for forensic testing Credit: Eddie Mitchell
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