AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Customs officers in Rotterdam seized a cargo of greater than 8,000 kg (16,635 kilos) of cocaine hid in a container of bananas, Dutch prosecutors stated on Thursday, the biggest on file within the port.
A spokesperson stated the medicine had travelled from Ecuador by way of the Panama canal to Rotterdam earlier than sniffer canines discovered them in a container verify on July 13. The seizure had been stored secret to help within the investigation, which is constant.
The medicine, with an estimated worth of 600 million euros ($660 million) have since been destroyed.
No arrests within the case have been made within the Netherlands, the spokesperson stated. ($1 = 0.9070 euros) — Reuters
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