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Authorities in the Dominican Republic have seized a large shipment of cocaine at the Boca Chica port in Santo Domingo in one of the country’s most significant drug busts this year.
The operation was part of a new drug counter-strategy and saw drug enforcement officers seize more than 3,000 pounds of cocaine bound for Hamburg, Germany.
The illegal shipment was reportedly discovered during a routine inspection of containers from South America. Following established procedures, anti-drug agents and military personnel discovered discrepancies in one of the containers and conducted a thorough inspection.
After investigation, customs officers found 1,585 packages of cocaine hidden in 317 boxes of lemons.
The drugs were disguised in a fruit shipment that departed from the port of Santa Marta, Colombia, via the Dominican Republic and was destined for Hamburg, Germany.
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The seizure is the third-largest cocaine bust at the multimodal Caucedo port and the largest drug interdiction in the country this year.
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