British police seize $40m-worth of heroin

London: At least 350 kilos of heroin were seized and three men arrested in one of the United Kingdom's biggest ever heroin seizure, the Metropolitan Police said on Saturday.

The heroin was stashed in two cars at a motorway service station in Kent, southeast England. It had an estimated street value of at least $40 million.

Two men living in London, Harminder Chana and Atif Khan, and Dutchman Patrick Kuster have been charged with conspiracy to supply heroin, police said.

"This is one of the largest ever seizures of heroin by police in the UK," said detective chief inspector Peter Beyer. "We've severely disrupted a highly organised criminal network engaged in the widescale importation and distribution of class A drugs.''