£4,000,000 in cash found stuffed in Lidl and Sainsbury’s bags after drugs bust

Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published July 31, 2026 8:49am Updated July 31, 2026 8:50am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Some £4 million in cash and a kilo of cocaine have been found stuffed inside shopping bags in south London. Police officers on duty in Catford on Wednesday evening stopped a suspicious vehicle. As they searched the vehicle and the driver, a 54-year-old man, they found a shopping bag with £35,000 in cash inside. The man was arrested on suspicion of possessing criminal property. But after searching his address, they found around £4 million in cash concealed in multiple bags in two bedrooms, along with 1kg of Class A drugs. Commander Paul Brogden, Specialist Crime, said: ‘This is one of t