Drugs are smuggled into countries by way of many different methods. The latest, as reported by the Telegraph, was in tins of Waitrose soup. Reportedly, a drug gang relied on these tins and a box of shortbread to smuggle cocaine.

The drugs were smuggled out of Britain and shipped as far as Australia. The drugs were moved under the guise of “homely goods for Britons living abroad.” The soup cans were skillfully opened with a technique that would allow them to be emptied and resealed.

The soup cans contained several thousand dollars worth of cocaine and were shipped to ex-pat contacts the gang had in Australia. According to the prosecuting attorney in this case, the cocaine was not only in the soup cans, the cans were hidden under a box of DVDs and a box of Scottish shortbread biscuits.

Experts noted the method of opening and resealing the cans was one of the best they had ever seen. The bugging of the gangs cars and monitoring of phone calls identified the plot as drugs were being trafficked from England’s south coast to the Welsh valleys.

This gang reportedly made more than $1 million a month by supplying cocaine through this method. Swansea valley dealers purchased wholesale drugs from the organization in Kent before moving the cocaine out of the area through Bournemouth.

The detective superintent working on this case noted that the sting operation provided a clear message to drug dealers and organized crime groups that communities will be protected from the harm and misery drug gangs cause as they focus only to create their own profit.