Large amounts of 'suspected drug' packages wash up along Cornish coastline

Officers are investigating Credit: Jade Toms

Packages thought to contain drugs have washed up along the shoreline in south east Cornwall.

Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were called to reports on both Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October.

They have now been collected for examination. The force is urging anyone who finds a package not to touch it.

A spokesperson said: "There has been a multiagency response to the suspected drugs being washed up on our shores and enquiries are ongoing to understand the source and the length of time the cargo has been in the water, which can be affected by weather and environmental factors.

"At this time no arrests have been made in relation to these wash-ups."

If you find a suspect package please do not pick it up, but call police on 999.

There were reports of a large number of packages Credit: Jade Toms