Border guards found $10 million worth of cocaine in a container of bananas
A large batch of cocaine was again detained in Odesa region. Narcotic briquettes, with a total gross weight of almost 57 kg, were found in a container from Ecuador.
The special operation to stop the smuggling of drugs was carried out by the operational staff of the Southern Regional Department of the State Border Service together with the special unit and investigators of the USBU in the Odessa region, the Odessa customs of the State Customs Service with the force support of the border special unit DOZOR under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor offices of the Odessa region.
Law enforcement officers found 46 briquettes of cocaine with a total weight of 57 kg in one of the warehouses in the city. Odessa. The drug was hidden in the vents of a container of bananas that arrived at the seaport “Pivdenny”. The cost of this lot at “black market” prices is about 10 million US dollars. Urgent investigative actions are currently underway.
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
