F1 teams will now face more stringent custom checks after a team truck from the Superbike World Championship was allegedly found carrying drugs through Dover last month.
According to the Daily Telegraph, "on board the Kawasaki Racing Team trucks, officers allegedly discovered 18lbs (8kg) of cocaine, 157lbs (71kg) of amphetamine tablets and more than 220lbs (100kg) of cannabis - as well as a handgun and 35 rounds of ammunition
The four technicians on the truck, which was from the Paul Bird Motorsport based in Lancashire, were arrested and later bailed.
The bust is set to have consequences for all motorsport teams, including those from Formula One.
A UKBA source the newspaper: "Our intelligence analysts will be looking much more closely at motorsport vehicles from now on, including Superbikes and even Formula One.
"They have been pulled over very rarely and that will now change."
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