British police have arrested five men following the seizure of drugs worth an estimated £20 million (€21.4 million) in Essex.
Officers raided a warehouse in Grays, Essex, where a load from a lorry, supposed to be frozen chickens, was being broken up, and arrested the men, aged 49, 54, 67, 69 and 70, on suspicion of importing controlled drugs.
Two other suspects fled the scene.
A search of the warehouse found what was believed to be 3.5 tonnes of cannabis resin, 1.5 tonnes of amphetamine, 0.5 tonnes of herbal cannabis and several kilos of a mixed "cocktail" of yet to be indentified class A and B drugs.
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Raids were also carried out at eight houses in London and Essex, detectives said.