Watch: Police shout 'bingo' after uncovering £750,000 worth of cocaine in woman's car in Cannock

Acting on information, officers at Staffordshire Police stopped Linda Lawrence as the 58-year-old was driving her brown Mitsubishi ASX at Norton Canes Motorway Service Station in Cannock on October 8 last year.

Nine blocks of cocaine worth up to £750,000 were discovered in an open cardboard box in the boot of the vehicle as well as two mobile phones and her passport. 

A roll of brown parcel tape, plastic disposable gloves, pieces of paper with phone numbers on them, hotel receipts, and £140 in cash was also found.

Footage released by West Midlands Police shows the moment officers discovered the items, with one exclaiming "Bingo!" as the drugs were uncovered.

At Lawrence's home, police found bank statements showing payments of several hundreds of pounds had been paid into her account at apparently random intervals over a period of at least a year.

Lawrence, of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, went on to admit possession with intent to supply class A drugs and was jailed for six years at Stafford Crown Court on January 9.

DC Liam O’Brien, from the Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands, said: “We believe Lawrence was being paid by others to transport these drugs around the country, and investigations into the wider drugs network continue.

“This was a really significant seizure of Class A drugs – drugs which would have gone on to cause untold misery on the streets of the UK.

“We work across the region to disrupt and arrest those involved in the supply and sale of drugs.”