TRAFFICKERS OFTEN TRY TO STASH DRUGS IN CRATES OF BANANAS AND OTHER FRUITS. © HANDOUT / NTB/AFP
Dominican anti-narcotics agents seized over 2 tons of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment from Ecuador to the Netherlands.
The seizure is the largest in the Dominican Republic, where over 5 tons of drugs were seized in 2023.
The operation was based on intelligence work at the Caucedo terminal in Boca Chica.
- A refrigerated container consigned with a load of bananas was opened.
- The Dominican anti-narcotics agents found hundreds of cardboard boxes containing cocaine.
- Smuggling drugs in fruit shipments is a common practice.
- The container came from Ecuador and was headed for Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
- No arrests have been made yet in the Dominican Republic seizure.
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- Norwegian police also recently seized 800 kilograms of cocaine in Oslo hidden in a shipment of bananas.
