The Guardia Civil, in a joint operation with the Tax Agency carried out at the Adolfo Suárez airport in Madrid-Barajas, has arrested three people and seized a batch of fresh fruit which was used to hide 47,678 grams of liquid cocaine. The batch, shipped from Colombia, had been declared to consist of fresh coconuts.
The Judicial Police team of the Guardia Civil had been investigating the arrival of fresh Colombian fruit, so all the data available was compiled and it was decided for the goods to undergo thorough checks. The airport scanners showed how the density of some coconuts was not what it should have been.
The discovery has led to the arrest of those who were to receive the goods: a woman of Venezuelan origin and two Colombian men, who are charged with an offence against public health.
The coconuts had been drilled and their natural liquids had been extracted with a syringe and then replaced with liquid cocaine. Lastly, they had been sealed with resin of the same colour of the coconut hoping it would go unnoticed.
The 902-kilogram batch contained fresh coconuts and bananas. In each of the coconut boxes, 65 in all, only one had had the drug injected in order to avoid suspicion.
Source: granconsumo.tv
