article_snippet.sent: Around two tonnes of cocaine have been seized from a boat intercepted at sea by the Royal Navy and the Border Force.
article_snippet.sent: French customs said in a statement French customs tipped off British authorities 'to board a tug 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Scotland carrying a very large quantity of cocaine, more than two tonnes' on Thursday, French customs said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: The value of the cocaine is likely to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds, depending on the cocaine purity.
article_snippet.sent: John McGowan, from the NCA's Border Policing Command, based at the Scottish Crime Campus, Gartcosh, said: 'This is a potentially significant seizure of illegal drugs, only made possible by the co-operation between ourselves, Border Force, the Royal Navy and our international partners. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Value of the cocaine is likely to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds .
  