Investigators at the Port of Rotterdam have discovered roughly 1,700 kilograms of cocaine during a two-day period this week. The drugs were found in shipments of bananas, jam and marmalade, said the Rotterdam branch of the Public Prosecution Service (OM). The combined street value of the cocaine was estimated at 127.5 million euros.
Customs officials at the Port of Rotterdam found over 720 kilograms of cocaine on Thursday. The drugs were in two separate shipments, and were valued at roughly 54 million euros in total. There were no arrests announced in either case. The largest shipment was found hidden in a sea container filled with multiple smaller consignments. The container was sent from Curaçao, and was found to be hiding 15 boxes stuffed with cocaine. All told, there were 460 packages averaging nearly a kilogram of cocaine each hidden inside the suspect boxes.
Customs officials found nearly 3,600 kilograms of cocaine during an inspection at the Port of Rotterdam. The drugs held a street value of 269 million euros, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Monday. Two other batches of drugs weighing a total of 2,000 kilograms were also found in an operation involving the Dutch Navy in the Caribbean. It is the largest cocaine find at the Rotterdam port this year. No arrests were announced.
Customs inspections at the Port of Rotterdam led to the discovery of 1,574 kilograms of cocaine this week. The drugs have a combined street value of roughly 118 million euros, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said. The first batch was by far the biggest, weighing 1,124 kilograms and valued at 84.3 million euros. It was found on Tuesday in a sea container loaded with car tires. The sea container was on a ship that arrived from Turkey, and the paperwork showed the cargo was to be delivered to a company in Hellevoetsluis, southwest of Rotterdam.