Manta, Ecuador: Police Seize 82.7 kg Cocaine, Destination Spain

Posted on June 13, 2011 • Filed under: Drug Activity, Ecuador, Police/Military Activity

ElComercio.com reports that an operation in the port of Manta Ecuadorian police seized 82.7 kg of cocaine with a reported destination of Spain. The total cost of the confiscated drug is an estimated USD 5 million was found Saturday in a trailer of a truck of a Manta fishing company, the narcotics division told reporters. Police said that an anonymous phone call alerted them to the location of 70 packages of hydrochloride cocaine and the arrest of the driver. The hypothesis is that the shipment would be hidden between fish produce, taken to Guayaquil and then sent to Spain. Last April, police seized 795 kg of cocaine hidden in tuna export to Spain.Read Article

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