FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
Peru's anti-drug police have seized 3.4 tons of cocaine, which was found hidden in a shipment of bananas bound for Belgium.
As part of a powerful operation against drug trafficking, Peruvian police seized 3,407 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride in the Piura region, thus preventing its shipment abroad.
Foreign media write that the seized drugs come from the large coca cultivation region, known by the acronym VRAEM, the Apurimac, Ene and Madaro River Valley.
In Wednesday's operation, police seized a truck carrying more than 3,000 packages of cocaine destined for a warehouse where boxes of organic bananas were being packed for export, about 100 kilometers from the port of Paita, authorities said.
Gen. Nilton Santos, head of the anti-drug agency, told TV Peru that the operation was carried out with the help of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. He noted that the value of the seized drugs exceeds $68 million.
According to a statement from the Peruvian presidency, behind this shipment is a criminal organization of Peruvian, Colombian and European citizens, which aimed to send drugs to Belgium.
Lini një Përgjigje