114 MILLION EURO

Customs intercepted two consignments of cocaine totalling 1,527 kilograms during a check on Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service reported on Wednesday. The street value would be more than 114 million euros.

The first batch of drugs, weighing 450 kilos, was found between cans of asparagus from Peru. “The cans were destined for a company in Spain. It is suspected that the drugs had to be smuggled by extractors from the port area. We were able to prevent this.”

Not much later, 1077 kilos of cocaine was found between guitars from America. The guitars are destined for a company in the Netherlands. “The drugs may have been put in the container somewhere in South America.”

The companies probably have nothing to do with the smuggling, the Public Prosecution Service said. The drugs have been destroyed.