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police are investigating what they say is the UK's largest ever drug conspiracy arrested 13 men in dawn raids.

The arrests, a study tracking drug smuggling, allegedly, in the United Kingdom, in truck-loads of vegetables and juice.

The Conspiracy was to import More Than 50 tonnes of drugs worth millions of pounds, from the Netherlands, say the officers.

NCA branch commander Jayne Lloyd called the arrests "massively significant".

The arrests took place in London, Manchester, Stockport, St Helens, Warrington,, Bolton,, Dewsbury, and Leeds.

"We believe it is the biggest conspiracy we have seen in the UK," said Ms Lloyd, NCA regional head of investigations for the North of England.

The 13 are suspected to be imported as part of the UK arm of an established organised crime group that allegedly used, Dutch and British front companies of heroin, cocaine and cannabis.

Four men and Two Women arrested in April by the Dutch police on a European arrest warrant, awaiting extradition to the UK and are suspected of being part of The Conspiracy of the same.

This study has results due to cross-border European cooperation.

Six arrests by Dutch investigators under the EU, the European arrest warrant, to quickly the extradition of the suspect to face justice in the UK.

But the UK will not be able to use this tool, if it is the EU, leaving without a security deal.

The UK is also the night to leave, Europol and Eurojust , both of which are involved in this investigation.

they coordinate the exchange of information and evidence, the use of the police and the Prosecutor's office, serious criminals behind bars.

however, The government has,

If you get to page 153, you find it, for the EU to leave without a deal amounts to a "loss of skills" for the British police.

And further, that the proposed alternative "does not compensate fully for the loss of EU co-operation tools".

of The 13 men caught allegedly imported drugs on numerous occasions between February and October, 2017 and 2018, including the three shipments in the mail, and 2018, with a total street value of More Than £38m.

"We suspect that these men were in an industrial operation - the largest ever uncovered in Britain - and bring in tons of deadly drugs, which were distributed to criminal groups throughout the Country ," Ms Lloyd said.

of The 13 people arrested are believed to be part of a drug-smuggling gang,

The Investigation is in connection with an operation in the year 2015 saw that 13 people to prison for a total of 176 years after the seizure of More Than 100 kg of heroin.

Ms Lloyd said they hope the arrests would be "a huge impact" on The County -line drugs -in which drugs are transported, to form cities, to the users across the Country - this was a "devastating effect on The Public , vulnerable children and the economy."

The NCA, says The Investigation involved in European police and agencies, including and, as well as the United Kingdom, and

"thanks to the close cooperation with partners here and overseas, in particular the Dutch National Police , we believe we have dismantled, established drugs-supply route," Ms Lloyd said.

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Source of news: bbc.com