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Uruguayan authorities investigate cocaine container’s transit

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Montevideo, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the transit through the Montevideo port of a container with 3.5 tons of cocaine that was seized in Portugal last week.

The Government has filed a complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office and has also requested the National Customs Directorate to open an investigation.

“If a container should be checked and it is not, there will be an investigation and a summary by the Economy and Customs Ministry,” President Luis Lacalle Pou said.

The Portuguese judicial police had reportedly seized on Tuesday the drug hidden in a container laden with soy flour.

The cargo had left a Paraguayan port and spent several days in transit at the Montevideo port.

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