30 kilos of cocaine seized among banana crates in Mediterranean Mersin port

Some 30 kilos of cocaine were seized in backpacks hidden among banana crates in the Mediterranean province of Mersin on Aug. 31.

Some 30 kilograms of cocaine were seized in backpacks hidden among banana parcels that came into the port of Mediterranean Mersin province on Aug. 31.

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Turkey's Trade Ministry said in a statement that its teams discovered the narcotics during an inspection of the cargo in the ships carrying the drugs.

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The ship reportedly left South America and arrived in Turkey after a stop in Spain, and was registered as "risky," prompting the Turkish Trade Ministry's x-ray of the cargo upon its entrance in the port.

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An inspection of the cargo with narcotic canines and x-ray revealed 30 kilos of cocaine hidden in three backpacks.

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