QUITO – Ecuadoran police have seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a container destined for Estonia, said Interior Minister Patricio Pazmino yesterday.
The narcotics were found in the port of Guayaquil thanks to a drug-sniffing dog, he said.
“With the support of the anti-narcotics canine, Garo, the drugs were detected in a container that was to be transported to Estonia, in Europe,” he tweeted along with pictures of the seized container.
Ecuador’s police seized a record 128 tonnes of drugs last year, said the ministry earlier this month, breaking the previous record of 110 tonnes confiscated in 2016.
Ecuador borders Colombia and Peru, which are the world’s two largest producers of cocaine, according to the United Nations. – AFP, January 17, 2021
