THESSALONIKI (AP) – Customs agents seized around 93 kilogrammes of cocaine at the port in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, authorities said.
The cocaine was found on a ship that had sailed from Ecuador to Thessaloniki carrying bananas, which would then be delivered over land to Romania by a French company, according to Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue, or IAPR, which oversees customs operations. Customs agents X-rayed a container and found 80 packages hidden inside the container’s cooling mechanism, IAPR said in a statement.
“Inspectors immediately impounded the drugs and the container and handed over the drugs to the police… the investigation to track down the recipients of the drugs continues,” the statement said. The estimated street value of the cocaine was more than EUR2.9 million (USD3.16 million), authorities said.
