Colombian authorities seized 3,086 pounds of cocaine hidden in banana boxes inside a maritime container at the Caribbean port ...

Also detained were the managers of the banana plantation where the cocaine is suspected to have been added to the shipment, as well as the driver who took the container to the port. Ecuador has ...

Spanish authorities then found some 500kg of cocaine hidden inside banana containers. Cocaine is the second most popular illegal drug in Europe, according to the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA ...

The head inspector found that the bricks contained cocaine,” Volk said. The drugs were packed in 47 bricks and stuffed under the container’s lid, where boxes with bananas were placed ...

Gangs use three main methods to smuggle cocaine into shipments ... a convenient way to hide illicit cargo. "Banana exports make up 66% of containers that leave Ecuador, 29.81% go to the European ...

In recent days, two ships carrying banana containers from South America arrived ... Initial drug tests confirmed that the substance was high-purity cocaine, with a total weight of 40,802 grams.

In 2020, José Luis Rivera Baquerizo, a Noboa Trading worker, was arrested after cocaine was found in banana containers but was released with the help of Edgar José Lama, then an advisor to Noboa ...

In August 2018 in Brazil’s main port terminal, Santos, some 1.200 kilos of cocaine were discovered distributed among 32 bails which were loaded to Grande Nigeria at sea from a smaller vessel.

After cocaine arrives in Ecuador from Colombia ... which provide a convenient way to hide illicit cargo. "Banana exports make up 66% of containers that leave Ecuador, 29.81% go to the European ...