Colombian police seize 63 kilograms of cocaine buried inside fake pineapples

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In the course of a shipment of pineapples expected to be sent to Spain and Spanish authorities Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the Police found 63 kilos of cocaine concealed inside 280 fake fruit. In the report of the police that the discovery took place at the seaport in Cartagena (Bolivar) the city where police conducted an investigation after finding anomalies on the seals in the cardboard boxes. The container contained over 12,000 pineapples.

The police not only discovered in the 280 pineapples, there was the equivalent of 63 kilograms of cocaine however, they also discovered that the particular fruit were not real. They were made from “fiber material” so that they could be marketed as genuine. The police added that thus that 2023 has seen them confiscated more than 312 tons of cocaine. 14.8 were confiscated at Cartagena’s port of entry. Cartagena.

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Source: euro.eseuro.com

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