170 kg of cocaine, worth $6.8 million, was seized in Bulgaria's Burgas port in a banana shipment from Ecuador, marking the largest drug seizure there.

170 kilograms of cocaine, worth $6.8 million, were seized by Bulgarian customs officials in the port city of Burgas, hidden in a shipment of bananas from Ecuador. This marks the largest drug seizure at the port, with the intended recipients under investigation and facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted on drug trafficking charges. Bulgaria is known as a transit point for cocaine from Latin America en route to Western Europe.

March 26, 2024
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