1252 Kg Cocaine Worth Over $ 2 Million Found In Cardboard Boxes At Ecuador’s Port of Guayaquil
Police said risk analysis and a trained dog helped uncover a container with 1,080 boxes, stopping drugs bound for Spain.
- On Wednesday, the Ecuadorian National Police seized approximately 1,252.8 kilograms of cocaine at the Port of Guayaquil, intercepting a shipment destined for Spain during routine export profiling under Operation Fénix 0414.
- Ecuador serves as a primary logistics hub for drug trafficking, processing over 50% of its exports through Guayaquil, while authorities report that 80% of narcotics originate in Colombia and the remainder in Peru.
- Agents discovered packages bearing images of Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland and Argentine captain Lionel Messi, which traffickers use to identify criminal networks and intended clients.
- This interception prevented over a ton of drugs from reaching international markets, with the narcotics valued at $58,568,400 USD in Europe; separately, police seized 369 kilograms of cocaine Wednesday near the Colombian border.
- Enhanced maritime security efforts aim to dismantle trafficking networks, as the National Police intend to strengthen inspection and detection measures at ports to disrupt cartels supplying the United States and Europe.
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A container that remained in the seaport of Guayaquil was intervened after it was detected that 1,080 boxes of fruit were contaminated with cocaine.
The Ecuadorian police seized 1.2 tons of cocaine that were hidden in a container with export bananas that had as destination Malaga, in Spain, reported this Friday the Minister of the Interior, John Reimberg. The finding occurred in a port of Guayaquil, the most populated city and economic engine of the country, when anti-narcotics agents [...] The entry Ecuador seizes 1.2 tons of cocaine in a container with bananas that went to Spain was first …
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