Overview
- Customs officers discovered 430 packages of cocaine hidden among pineapples during a routine inspection at a Breda cold storage facility.
- The consignment originated in Costa Rica and was unloaded in the port of Antwerp on Monday before reaching the Dutch facility.
- The drugs were found on Tuesday as part of a targeted check of pallets containing pineapple boxes tied to the recent Antwerp unloading.
- The Public Prosecution Office says the Breda company has no involvement in the smuggling and is treated as an uninvolved recipient.
- Authorities have opened a criminal investigation to identify who arranged the concealment, a method consistent with prior cases involving fruit shipments.