About 3,200 pounds of cocaine was seized at the Port of New York and New Jersey in what officials say is the largest cocaine seizure at the port in nearly 25 years. The street value was about $77 million.
New York Authorities at the Port of New York and New Jersey have seized about 3,200 pounds of cocaine in what authorities are calling the largest cocaine seizure at the port in nearly 25 years, and the second largest of all time.
The drugs were found aboard a shipping container that entered the US from Buenaventura, Colombia, last month and have an estimated street value of $77 million.The cocaine was discovered in packages placed for easy removal from container.The drugs were discovered at the port of Newark after authorities detected an irregularity in the pin used to close the shipping container doors, according to Special Agent Erin Mulvey with the New York division of the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
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