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The Ecuadorian police informed today of the confiscation of a ton of drugs that was to be sent to Russia and Spain in operations carried out for a week in the port of Guayaquil , a town located in the southwest of the Andean country
The Interior Ministry reported in a statement that the most recent discovery on Saturday was 353 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride in a container loaded with bananas to Russia.
had 690 kilos, found on July 14 in a container of seafood, which had as final destination Spain.
The two seized shipments were to be transhipped in the port of Antwerp (Belgium), he pointed out that the total cost of the alkaloid it exceeds 40 million US dollars, according to the police.
In the last year, one of the important points to consider "high risk" [1945900] 7] in a container is whether the place of destination or transhipment is Belgium, referred to the acting head of the fight against narcotics of zone 8, which includes Guayaquil, Major Julio Guerrón
He added that, according to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Belgium "is considered a paradise for drugs, because in this country all kinds of alkaloids are sold at a lower cost than other countries of the European continent. "
According to Guerrón, until now this year seized 6.8 tons of cocaine hydrochloride in the city's seaport.
This alkaloid was confiscated in 19 operations that left 16 people apprehended, he said. EFE
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