The Ecuadorean Ministry of the Interior confirmed today, April 18, the discovery of 2.4 tons of cocaine in a container of bananas destined for Belgium from the port of Guayaquil in the country’s southwest.

The Ecuadorean Ministry of Interior tweeted, “2.458 kg of cocaine were recovered.”

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According to the ministry, authorities attempted to locate 246 sachets of cocaine disguised in a cargo of bananas, one of the country’s key export products, and one person was apprehended.

Previously, the Ecuadorean Ministry of Interior confiscated a record 210 tons of contraband, principally cocaine, in 2021, and has seized more than 70 tons since the start of the year.