<p>Fifty kilogrammes of heroin with a street value of about five million pounds was found woven into handmade rugs from Pakistan which had arrived at Manchester Airport, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Two men, aged 35 and 51, were arrested after 50 kg of the Class A drug was found in the consignment that arrived from Peshawar via Abu Dhabi in April.<br /><br />A Border Force sniffer dog alerted officers to the drugs, the BBC reported today. The pair were held on suspicion of drug importation at a business premises in London and have been released on bail.<br /><br />Border Force officers and the National Crime Agency's (NCA) Border Policing Command made the seizure and the arrests in April, but the details have only just been disclosed.<br /><br />A forensic examination of 46 carpets in the shipment is being carried out, and officers said the drugs haul could increase.<br /><br />"It was a sophisticated concealment and demonstrates the lengths organised crime groups go to in an effort to avoid detection," Pete Avery, from the NCA's Border Policing Command, said.<br /><br />"At this stage it is impossible to put an exact value on the drugs because forensic tests have yet to be carried out," Linda Paul, assistant director for Border Force, added.</p>
<p>Fifty kilogrammes of heroin with a street value of about five million pounds was found woven into handmade rugs from Pakistan which had arrived at Manchester Airport, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Two men, aged 35 and 51, were arrested after 50 kg of the Class A drug was found in the consignment that arrived from Peshawar via Abu Dhabi in April.<br /><br />A Border Force sniffer dog alerted officers to the drugs, the BBC reported today. The pair were held on suspicion of drug importation at a business premises in London and have been released on bail.<br /><br />Border Force officers and the National Crime Agency's (NCA) Border Policing Command made the seizure and the arrests in April, but the details have only just been disclosed.<br /><br />A forensic examination of 46 carpets in the shipment is being carried out, and officers said the drugs haul could increase.<br /><br />"It was a sophisticated concealment and demonstrates the lengths organised crime groups go to in an effort to avoid detection," Pete Avery, from the NCA's Border Policing Command, said.<br /><br />"At this stage it is impossible to put an exact value on the drugs because forensic tests have yet to be carried out," Linda Paul, assistant director for Border Force, added.</p>