19 kilos of cocaine found in meat container from Argentina in the Netherlands

The drugs were hidden in the refrigerated container’s inspection hatches, while the suspects escaped.

Authorities found 19 kilos of cocaine in a refrigerated container carrying meat from Argentina at Waalhaven in the Netherlands. The drugs were destroyed, and the HARC team is investigating.

Author: Робот Source: Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands

A refrigerated shipping container and packages of seized cocaine. — A refrigerated meat container and cocaine seized in the Netherlands. Illustrative photo. Photo: Argv0 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The HARC team found 19 kilos of cocaine early on Wednesday, November 11, in a refrigerated container carrying meat from Argentina. The drugs were hidden in the container’s inspection hatches.

During the night of November 10–11, unauthorized people were spotted at a site in Waalhaven. The HARC team suspects they were attempting to remove the cocaine packages from the container.

The men fled. Customs and the Seaport Police carried out an extensive search but did not find the suspects. The cargo in the container was found. The cocaine blocks bore the Rolex logo.

The case is being investigated by the HARC team, a 30-year-old partnership of Customs, FIOD, Seaport Police and the Public Prosecution Service in Rotterdam. The drugs have since been destroyed.

Translated from Dutch using artificial intelligence. Source: Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands

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19 kilos of cocaine found in meat container from Argentina in the Netherlands

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