Portuguese Judiciary Police find almost 628 tons of cocaine, hidden in melons
A tip-off has led Judiciary Police to a warehouse in Palmela, in the Lisboa Region, where a consignment of melons from Brazil was found to be packed with cocaine. According to reports, the cocaine was hidden within the melons in little sachets. The melon’s where made to look whole again with the use of a form of vegetable glue.
The large amount of drugs (more than six million
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