Suspected drugs wash up on coast for a third time

The force said investigations were ongoing and warned "you may see an increased presence around the coast"

Suspected drugs have washed up along the shoreline in Cornwall for the third time in a month, police have said.

Devon and Cornwall Police said it had received reports of packages containing suspected illegal substances appearing on a beach in the south-east of the county on Saturday and Sunday.

It said officers had attended and the packages had been collected for examination.

On Monday, suspected packages had been found washed up on the Lizard in Cornwall, and at the beginning of October packages had been found on a beach in the east.

The force said investigations were ongoing and warned people "you may see an increased presence around the coast".