Actions made it possible to police to seize 959 kg of cocaine at one of Guayaquil’s seaports.

Operations done at the pre-shipment area allowed the seizure of cocaine hidden in tuna cans to supposedly be sent to Great Britain.

According to police reports, law enforcement agents found 960 rectangular-shaped packages containing 959 kg of cocaine.

Police´s seizure prevented about 9,590,400 cocaine doses from going abroad.

Hours earlier, there was another seizure in an export banana container to Italy.

From early-2022 to first week of August, Ecuadorian police has seized over 118 tons of cocaine.

In this context, an UN´s report assured Ecuador is the world´s third country with highest number of cocaine seizures, preceded by Colombia and the United States.

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