Cocaine in Ecuadorian banana shipment intercepted at port of Piraeus
In the port of Piraeus, a large quantity of cocaine originating from Ecuador and destined for Thessaloniki was found and seized by customs inspectors. The drugs were hidden in in a container of bananas. The inspectors discovered 91.5 kilos of cocaine, worth 4.1 million euros, carefully hidden in 80 packages.
The operation involved officers of the narcotics department of the coast
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