THE NETHERLANDS - No matter how the ANUK team looks at it, we’re just not quite sure why those on the wrong side of the law prefer bananas as their fruit of choice when smuggling cocaine. Is it the shape of bananas? Their bright yellow hue? While we might never know, we do know that those who continue to attempt to bring the nefarious substance through ports by hiding it in the fruit will always be brought to justice.
This December, authorities in The Netherlands discovered 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment at a port in Vlissingen, according to the NL Times.
“The drugs have since been removed and destroyed,” police said to the news source.
While the industry can rest easy knowing no fruit (or veg) is being used to help our world’s worst carry out illicit deeds, this unfortunately was not the first incident this season. Earlier this month, 37 pounds of cocaine was intercepted in a different banana shipment, while 2,000 pounds of drugs were seized after being uncovered in an international fruit shipment.
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