Uruguay seizes record 4.4 tonnes of cocaine in Montevideo
Uruguay's authorities say they have seized a record haul of 4.4 tonnes of cocaine, calling it the biggest setback for drug traffickers in the country's history.
Uruguay is increasingly being used as a transit point to move drugs from Latin America to Africa and Europe. The country's previous record haul was in November, when authorities uncovered a container with three tonnes of cocaine, also in Montevideo, bound for Cotonou in Benin via the Spanish island of Tenerife.
Navy spokesman Diego Perona told journalists that the first container was found to contain more than 3,000"bricks" of cocaine each weighing 1.1kg . The containers were due to be loaded on to an Italian-registered ship, local media reported.
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