'Class A drugs' found off St Leonards and Newhaven coast
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The contents will be tested to determine what they are.
A "large number" of packages containing what is suspected to be Class A drugs have been recovered from the sea.
The packages were first reported to be floating in the water off St Leonards beach, in East Sussex, shortly before 06:00 BST.
Further packages were then found later in the day along the coast at Newhaven.
Sussex Police, the coastguard and fire crews recovered the bundles, and they have been taken to an undisclosed secure location.
The contents will be tested to determine what they are.
Police are seeking to determine whether the two finds are linked.
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