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Rotterdam Customs Seize 500 Kilograms of Cocaine Hidden in Mangoes Bound for Moerdijk

Prosecutors published photos of the marked bricks to signal the seizure to criminal networks.

Overview

  • The refrigerated container arrived from Peru via Panama, with freight papers routing the mango shipment to a Moerdijk firm and then to Germany, and officials say the named companies appear uninvolved.
  • Officers found 14 bales containing 463 packages during a Sunday inspection in Rotterdam, and the seized cocaine was destroyed.
  • The HARC team, a joint unit of customs, FIOD, sea port police and the Public Prosecution Service, is conducting the investigation.
  • Images released by the Public Prosecution Service show logos including Corona beer, 007 Don Julio and a ghost, a tactic intended to prevent underworld confusion that could trigger violence.
  • The interception follows a 4,830-kilogram seizure in January tied to the same corridor and caps a run of record finds linked to West-Brabant’s logistics hub.