PACKAGES believed to contain class A drugs have been found in a box of bananas in a Wokingham supermarket.

The Tesco on Finchampstead Road made the startling discovery when they were unboxing a shipment of the yellow fruit on Wednesday, July 22.

A spokeswoman for Thames Valley Police said: "We were called on July 22 to Tesco on Finchampstead Road, Wokingham to reports of packages found in a consignment of fruit believed to be class A drugs."

She said police were investigating.

Most bananas imported by Tesco come from Costa Rica. If the substance is found to be cocaine then the total value of the drug would have been over £1 million.

The Daily Mirror reported that a young employee found five separate bags, each containing a kilogram of mysterious white powder.

An unnamed source told them: "The boxes of bananas were piled up in a metal cage and being unwrapped ready to put on the shelves. The young man spotted the box with red tape and decided to take a closer look.

“He opened the box and saw the packets underneath the bananas. He was understandably shocked. You don’t need to be a genius to know what it is.”

Another unnamed source said: “Staff are a bit worried as drug smugglers are desperate people. They could come looking for their cocaine.

“It’s terrible to think of the human misery this stuff would have caused if it had ended up on the streets.”

A spokesman for Tesco said they were assisting police in their enquiries.