{"id":194248,"date":"2020-07-13T10:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T09:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=194248"},"modified":"2020-07-13T12:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T11:22:19","slug":"costa-ricas-largest-ever-cocaine-haul-found-in-ornamental-flower-shipment-bound-for-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=194248","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica&#8217;s largest ever cocaine haul found in ornamental flower shipment bound for Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\">Costa Rica&#8217;s largest ever haul of cocaine has been seized from a shipment of ornamental flowers bound for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>About 5.8 tonnes of the drug was found in 202 briefcases hidden inside a container at a port in Limon.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they found 5,048 packages of cocaine weighing 1kg (2.2lbs) each.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/20\/02\/768x432\/skynews-costa-rica-cocaine_4922055.jpg?20200216164117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/20\/02\/384x216\/skynews-costa-rica-cocaine_4922055.jpg?20200216164117 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/20\/02\/768x432\/skynews-costa-rica-cocaine_4922055.jpg?20200216164117 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/20\/02\/1600x900\/skynews-costa-rica-cocaine_4922055.jpg?20200216164117 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/20\/02\/2048x1152\/skynews-costa-rica-cocaine_4922055.jpg?20200216164117 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"The cocaine has been transferred to a stockroom at San Jose airport\"><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-article-image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"><span class=\"sdc-article-image__caption-text\">The cocaine has been transferred to a stockroom at San Jose airport<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A ship was due to set sail to Rotterdam on Saturday when the drugs control police detected some suspicious containers.<\/p>\n<p>They sent them to be scanned and detected the packages of cocaine hidden inside the ornamental plant shipment.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces then seized the cocaine and transferred it to a drugs stockroom at San Jose airport.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested a Costa Rican lorry driver, 46, who had delivered the containers to the port and said he has no criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>Because of its location and shipping network, Costa Rica has a major problem with drug trafficking which dates back to the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n<p>As the US has tightened its borders and its anti-drug operations, drug trafficking has worsened in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>The country is often used as a pit-stop for drug traffickers and a refuelling stop for shipments coming from Colombia and Panama.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costa Rica&#8217;s largest ever haul of cocaine has been seized from a shipment of ornamental flowers bound for the Netherlands. About 5.8 tonnes of the drug was found in 202 briefcases hidden inside a container at a port in Limon. Police said they found 5,048 packages of cocaine weighing 1kg (2.2lbs) each. 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