Two men have been charged after the seizure of cocaine worth £32 million destined for Britain via the Channel Tunnel.

The drugs were allegedly found in the wheels of a Land Rover by customs officers at Cocquelles, near Calais.

The Land Rover was searched as it prepared to board a Le Shuttle car train to England.

Investigators said the 160 kilo haul is one of the biggest to be intercepted en route to the tunnel.

Two men - one from Cleckheaton, and one from Dewsbury, both in West Yorkshire - were taken to Bridewell police station, in Leeds, for questioning.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said the two men had been charged in connection with drug smuggling offences and would appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Monday.
 

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