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Cocaine in wool bales exported to Europe, discovered in the port of Montevideo

Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
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Uruguayan navy, coast guard and customs have uncovered a major operation to smuggle cocaine “bricks” hidden in wool bales, in a container, from the port of Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium. The volume discovered according to the Navy report amounts to 417 kilos of high quality cocaine hydrochloride and is considered one of the largest recent successes in the fight against the narcotics gangs. Read full article

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  • falklandlad

    Argie wool transiting Uruguay and destined for international market. How low are they prepared to stoop?

    Sep 10th, 2018 - 05:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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