Police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment in Spain
The ship carried crates of bananas that concealed identically designed boxes containing the cocaine, and intelligence ...
Cocaine and bananas: Why the US may get asked to help Ecuador tackle gang violence
Gangs, drugs and public safety threats are ravaging Ecuador’s largest city and may push the president to seek help from the ...
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Crime boss jailed for £100m plot to smuggle cocaine in banana boxes
A Scottish gangster who masterminded a plot to smuggle cocaine worth £100m from South America in boxes of bananas has been jailed for 20 years. Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson admitted directing the ...
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AP explains how drug cartels are using Ecuadorian bananas shipments to send cocaine to Europe
Correspondent Regina Garcia Cano, photographer Martín Mejia and video freelancer César Olmos explored how bananas and cocaine end up inside the same ... industry responsible for 30% of the world’s ...
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Ecuadorian police found 2.4 tons of cocaine in a banana container heading to Belgium
Ecuadorian police seized 2.4 tons of cocaine that was hidden in a container of processed bananas that were to be sent to Belgium, the Ministry of the Interior announced. The alkaloid would be ...
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Police busted 2,000 pounds of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment on Europe's doorstep
Police and customs officials in southern Spain intercepted nearly 2,000 pounds of cocaine hidden in a commercial ... Spanish authorities became aware of a banana shipment from Colombia arriving ...