1979 Press Photo Garage where 4 ton sof drug found in London

Drugs Finds In Garage 'Fortified Like A Bakne":The total amount of huigh quality Cannabis eamain seized during the "Operation Cyrill" raids in London and Cornell on Monday was 4 1/2 tons, its street sale value would be about $10 million, The London was found in a garage in station Road, Penge, which Chef Supt John Smith, head of the Scotland Yards Drugs Squad described as "fortified almost as well as the Bank of England. The garage's windows were bricked up and the heavy wooden doors were steel lined steel lined and secured with double padlocks. The first 2 1/2 ton haul of cannabis was seized during an early morning operation near Popperro Cornwall, in which customs cutters chased a converted moter fishing vessel, Guilding Lights, out to sea before arresting it. The equal quantities of cannabis found in London and Cornwall suggest it was the regular load brought in by the 63-ton Guilding Lights. Packets of cannabis found in both raids were rapped in decorative paper. Photo shows The during store -a garage at the back of a house in Penge. Where 'Operaton Cyril' uncovered 2 1/4 tons of cannabis re~in worth $5 million.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 09-09-1979.



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