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Four arrested after £40m cocaine haul found in van in Yorkshire pub car park

Three men from Scotland and one from Colombia held in connection with discovery at Stags Head Inn, Lelley, East Yorkshire

Four men have been arrested after £40m worth of cocaine was found in the back of a van in a Yorkshire village pub car park.

About 500kg of the drug was discovered in a Vauxhall Vivaro in the car park of the Stags Head Inn in Lelley, East Yorkshire, the National Crime Agency said.

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